hissing
present participle ofhiss
| 单词 | hissing |
| 释义 | hissing present participle ofhiss hiss verb uk/hɪs/us/hɪs/[I] to make anoiselike alongssound: Why dosnakeshiss? Theironwas hissing andspluttering. People in theaudiencewere hissingtheirdisapproval. [T] to say something in aquietangryway: "Shut up,Tom!" she hissed. Animal (non-human) sounds
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sounds made by humans with their mouths Sounds made by objects, movement or impact Talking angrily Examplesofhissinghissing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The suspicion figuring in thishissingnoise interrupts the process of understanding and thus intervenes in the epistemology of hermeneutics. From theCambridge English Corpus All that land resounded with thehissingof the serpents, and in addition there was no small terror to us from them. From theCambridge English Corpus The founder's analysis of the political situation which necessitated the new organization is illuminating: 'the yavan-snakes reared on the milk of nonco-operation were provoking riots with their poisonoushissing'. From theCambridge English Corpus Hissingreminds us where this dialogue is taking place, and incanted phrases from the male voices are met by gently dropping ones from the female ones, sybillants to the fore. From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, the audience ishissingand booing and throwing things at the curtain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its members are intolerant, bigoted, and they are not even prepared to sit and listen withouthissingand making animal-type noises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All they did was to respond with applause when they agreed with a comment and withhissingwhen they did not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When had finished my turn, would you believe it, that ignorant public harked back to the singer and startedhissingand booing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, they were greeted with booing andhissing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the name is a tongue twister; it is, in fact, ahissingand an abomination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment, the feathers are still being plucked, but thehissingis getting considerably louder, even though it is perhaps falling on deaf ears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am worried about some of the rumours about peoplehissingbehind their hands about this and that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question but that post-war credits in recent years have provoked a great deal ofhissing—indeed, more than is healthy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Voltaire said that taxation was the art of plucking a goose to obtain the maximum amount of feathers with the least amount ofhissing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Had someone forgotten that some people have to sleep for some hours during the day and that thehissingof steam does not make it easy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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