voice
noun
uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/voicenoun(SOUNDS)
B1[C]
thesoundsthat are made whenpeoplespeakorsing:
说话声;嗓音Shehasaloud/quiet/softvoice.她说话声音很大/很轻/很柔。
alow-pitched/high-pitchedvoice低沉/高而尖的嗓音
abooming/breathy/clear/deep/fruity/gravelly/husky/squeakyvoice低沉/带喘息声/清脆/深沉/圆润/粗哑/沙哑/尖细的嗓音
abaritone/sopranosingingvoice男中音/女高音歌喉
You couldtellfrom her voice that she wasn'tpleased.你可以从她的声音里听出来她不高兴。
"I don'tknowwhat youmean," said Franinaquaveringvoice.“我不知道你是什么意思。”弗兰颤声说道。
Sheloweredher voice to awhisper.她放低声音,轻声耳语。
You'll have toraiseyourvoice(=speaklouder)if youwantto beheardin here.在这里你如果想要别人听见那就得大声点儿。
I have acoldand IthinkI'mlosingmy voice(=becomingunabletospeak).我感冒了,而且觉得嗓子要哑了。
He's at thatagewhen his voice isbreaking(=changingfrom a boy's to a man's).他正处在变声的年龄。
She's done a lot ofworkwith voice-activatedcomputers.她已经用语音操纵的计算机做了很多工作。
be in good voice
to besingingwell:
唱得好Thechoirseemsto be in good voice today!合唱团今天唱得很好!
- Sometimes shespeaksin thissilly,girlyvoice.
- Ihearda voice from thecupboardshouting"Let me out!"
- I had toraisemy voice to make myselfheardover thenoise.
- Mymotherhad abeautifulsingingvoice when she wasyounger.
- I couldhearthebabbleof voices in the nextroom.
Describing qualities of the human voice
- adenoidal
- aloud
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bray
- brittle
- drip
- dulcet
- fruity
- full-throated
- full-throatedly
- hoarse
- honeyed
- lilting
- nasal
- smoothness
- throatily
- throatiness
- throaty
- tonelessly
- twangy
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Singing
voicenoun(OPINION)
C2[Coften singular,U]
anexpressionofopinion, or therighttoexpressyouropinion:
There was only onedissentingvoice during thediscussion.讨论中只有一个不同的声音。
Unfortunately astrikewas the only way tomakeourvoicesheard.不幸的是,罢工是唯一能让人听到我们呼声的方法。
Thecommitteerepresentsthevoiceofthestudents.那个委员会代表了学生的意愿。
Developingcountriesaredemandingastrongervoice(=righttoexpressopinions)in thedebate.发展中国家正要求在辩论中拥有更多的发言权。
Millions of womensitinsilenceandloneliness.Givethemavoice,please.
Members themselves say beingpartof anationaluniongives them a voice tofightfortheirrights.
C2[S]
animportantqualityoropinionthat someoneexpresses, or thepersonwho isabletoexpressit:
意见;观点;愿望;发表意见的人She just won'tlistento the voiceofreason.她就是不愿意倾听理智的声音。
I wouldn'tworkfor Peter if I were you - this is the voiceofexperiencetalking!我要是你的话就不会为彼得工作——这可是经验之谈!
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- Afrocentric
- agnosticism
- anti-ideological
- article of faith
- ascription
- bubble
- creed
- have/take a notion todo somethingidiom
- helicopter view
- heretical
- hot take
- idea
- outlook
- point of view
- pole
- politics
- posture
- pretension
- prism
- tick
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Human rights
Speakers & talkers
voicenoun(GRAMMAR)
[S]languagespecialized
therelationshipbetween thesubjectof theverband theactiondescribedby theverb, or theformsof averbthat show thisrelationship:
语态theactive/passivevoice主动/被动语态
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominal
- nominative
- predicatively
- premodifier
- quantifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntax
- uncountable
Idioms
give voice tosomething
voice withinyou
with one voice
voice
verb[T]
uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/C2
to say what youthinkabout aparticularsubject,especiallytoexpressadoubt,complaint, etc. that you have about it:
表达;吐露;(尤指)表示(质疑、抱怨)I have voiced myobjectionsto theplantomanagement.我已经向管理层提出了对那个计划的反对意见。
phoneticsspecialized
toproduceasoundby making thevocalcordsmoveveryquicklyseveraltimes
使发成浊音Expressing and asking opinions
- amirite
- apothegm
- couch
- day
- editorialize
- express
- far
- propound
- put
- run
- runsomethingbysomeone
- screed
- should've
- soapbox
- sound off
- talk
- vociferous
- vociferously
- would
- wouldn't
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics