NOUN AND VERB USES 名词和动词用法
- N-COUNT 声音;响声
A sound is something that you hear.
- Peter heard the sound of gunfire...
彼德听见了枪炮声。 - Liza was so frightened she couldn't make a sound...
莉莎实在吓坏了,不敢弄出一点声音来。 - There was a splintering sound as the railing gave way.
围栏倒下时发出了断裂的声音。 - ...the sounds of children playing.
孩子们的嬉闹声
- N-UNCOUNT 声(指通过空气、水或其他物质传播的一种能量)
Sound is energy that travels in waves through air, water, or other substances, and can be heard.
- The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound.
这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。
- N-SING (电视、收音机、CD 机等可调节音量的)声音,音响
The sound on a television, radio, or CD player is what you hear coming from the machine. Its loudness can be controlled.
- She went and turned the sound down...
她去把音量关小了。 - Compact discs have brought about a vast improvement in recorded sound quality.
激光唱片极大地提高了录音的音质。
- N-COUNT (歌手或乐队的)音乐风格,乐曲特色
A singer's or band's sound is the distinctive quality of their music.
- They have started showing a strong soul element in their sound...
他们的音乐风格开始表现出一种强烈的灵乐特色。 - He's got a unique sound and a unique style.
他的音乐风格独具特色。
- V-ERG 发声;出声响;响起
If something such as a horn or a bell sounds or if you sound it, it makes a noise.
- The buzzer sounded in Daniel's office...
丹尼尔办公室里的蜂音器响了。 - A young man sounds the bell to start the Sunday service.
一个年轻人鸣钟宣布周日的礼拜开始了。
- VERB 发出(警告等);(以…语调)发表
If you sound a warning, you publicly give it. If you sound a note of caution or optimism, you say publicly that you are cautious or optimistic.
- The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt...
坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。 - Others consider the move premature and have sounded a note of caution...
其他人认为采取这个行动为时尚早,对此提出了警告。 - Sir Patrick attempted to sound a positive note, describing the meeting as serving a useful purpose.
帕特里克爵士极力释放出一种积极的论调,称此次会议是很有用的。
- V-LINK (某物)听起来
When you are describing a noise, you can talk about the way it sounds .
- They heard what sounded like a huge explosion...
他们听见一声爆炸般的巨响。 - The creaking of the hinges sounded very loud in that silence...
在那片寂静之中,铰链吱吱嘎嘎的声音听起来很响。 - It sounded as if he were trying to say something.
听上去他好像试图要说些什么。
- V-LINK 听起来似乎;听着好像
When you talk about the way someone sounds, you are describing the impression you have of them when they speak.
- She sounded a bit worried...
她的语气里有一点担心。 - Murphy sounds like a child...
墨菲的口气像个孩子。 - She sounded as if she really cared...
听起来她似乎真的很在乎。 - I thought she sounded a genuinely caring and helpful person.
我觉得她听起来像是一个真心真意地关爱和帮助别人的人。
- V-LINK (用于谈论印象或观点)听起来,似乎
When you are describing your impression or opinion of something you have heard about or read about, you can talk about the way it sounds .
- It sounds like a wonderful idea to me, does it really work?...
听起来这个主意很不错,真的能行吗? - It sounds as if they might have made a dreadful mistake...
听起来他们似乎犯下了一个可怕的错误。 - She decided that her doctor's advice sounded pretty good...
她认为医生的建议似乎很不错。 - The book is not as morbid as it sounds...
这本书并不像听起来那么可怕。 - I know this sounds a crazy thing for me to ask you.
我知道我向你提出这个问题似乎很不可理喻。
- N-SING (对于听说或读到的事情的)印象
You can describe your impression of something you have heard about or read about by talking about the sound of it.
- Here's a new idea we liked the sound of...
这是个新想法,我们一听就喜欢。 - I don't like the sound of Toby Osborne...
我不喜欢托比·奥斯伯恩的那一套。 - From the sound of things, he might well be the same man...
听起来,他似乎还是原来的那个他。 - He was being paid danger money from the sound of it.
印象中他得到了危险工作津贴。
- See also: -sounding sounding
- to sound the alarm → see: alarm
ADJECTIVE USES 形容词用法
- ADJ-GRADED (身体)健康的;(心智)健全的;(建筑)坚固的
If a structure, part of someone's body, or someone's mind is sound, it is in good condition or healthy.
- When we bought the house, it was structurally sound...
我们买下这栋房子的时候,它的结构还非常坚固。 - Although the car is basically sound, I was worried about certain areas...
尽管这辆汽车基本状况良好,我还是担心一些地方不够安全。 - His body was still sound.
他的身体仍然硬朗。
- ADJ-GRADED (建议、推理或证据)正确的,合理的,可靠的,明智的
Sound advice, reasoning, or evidence is reliable and sensible.
- They are trained nutritionists who can give sound advice on diets...
他们都是受过训练的营养学家,能够在饮食方面提出合理的建议。 - Buy a policy only from an insurance company that is financially sound...
一定要从财务状况良好的保险公司购买保险。 - His reasoning is perfectly sound, but he misses the point...
他的推理完全正确,但是未切中肯綮。 - There is sound scientific evidence of what certain gases do to the atmosphere.
有可靠的科学依据可以证明某些气体对大气的影响。
- ADJ-GRADED (观点)正确的,明智的
If you describe someone's ideas as sound, you mean that you approve of them and think they are correct.
- I am not sure that this is sound democratic practice...
我不能肯定这是正确的民主行为。 - I think the idea of secularism is a very sound one...
我认为现世主义的观点非常正确。 - Can anyone suggest a method of deterring spiders which is ecologically sound?
有人能想出一种不会破坏生态环境而又能够赶跑蜘蛛的办法吗?
- ADJ (睡觉)酣畅的,深沉的
If someone is in a sound sleep, they are sleeping very deeply.
- She had woken me out of a sound sleep.
她把我从酣睡中叫醒。 - Sound is also an adverb.
- He was lying in bed, sound asleep.
他躺在床上,睡得正香。
- See also: soundly