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sounding

英['saʊndɪŋ] 美['saʊndɪŋ]
  • n. 探测水的深度;试探
  • adj. 发声的;夸大的
  • 动词sound的现在分词形式.

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

  2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

Adjective:
  1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms;

    "left their clothes dirty looking"
    "a most disagreeable looking character"
    "angry-looking"
    "liquid-looking"
    "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"
    "fine-sounding phrases"
    "taken in by high-sounding talk"

  2. having volume or deepness;

    "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"
    "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"

  3. making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form;

    "harsh-sounding"

双语例句

1. She's got a lovely way with language without ever sounding ostentatious.
她的语言优美,丝毫无装腔作势之感。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。

来自柯林斯例句

3. "That is beautiful, Tony," Momma said, no longer sounding at all snappish.
“真美呀,托尼,”妈妈说道,话音里的恶声恶气不见了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.
他需要的是征询别人的意见,而不是独自思考。

来自柯林斯例句

5. We'll always justify our actions with noble sounding theories.
我们总会用听起来非常高尚的理论为我们的行动辩护。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Our sounding is displayed in the form of a graph.
      我们的调查结果已用图表列出。
    2. I must sound him out about his attitude to this issue.
      我要试探他对这个问题是什么态度。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He's always sounding off about how he would manage the firm.
      他总是大言不惭地说他能把公司经营好。

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