sounding

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/    美 /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of the verb to sound.
    — And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]
  2. A test made with a probe or sonde. countable,uncountable
    — Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
  3. A measured depth of water. countable,uncountable
    — The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
  4. Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas; Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
  5. The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. countable,uncountable
  6. The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding). countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of sound form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed.
形容词 adj.
  1. Emitting a sound. not-comparable
    — The sounding bell woke me up.
  2. Sonorous. not-comparable
    — sounding words

词形变化

soundings plural soundings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
soundingly soundingness unsounding co-sounding echo sounding high-sounding radio sounding sounding balloon sounding board sounding-board sounding line sounding machine sounding rocket sounding rod sounding stone sounding-stone

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English sound
English -ing
English sounding
From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English sound
English -ing
English sounding
From sound (“measure depths”) + -ing.
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