whoosh
noun
informaluk/wʊʃ/us/wʊʃ/[Cusually singular]
asoftsoundmade by somethingmovingfastthrough theairor like that made whenairispushedout of something:
嗖的一声;呼的一声Thetrainspedthrough thestationwith a whoosh.火车呼啸着飞速驶过车站。
[S]
asuddenfastmovementof aliquidorair:
短时间内感受(或收到)大量某物Ifeltagreatwhoosh ofadrenalin.我突然感到一阵兴奋。
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- squelch
- tick
- white noise
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Moving quickly
Masses and large amounts of things
whoosh
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
informaluk/wʊʃ/us/wʊʃ/tomovealongquickly, making asoftsoundlike thewind:
嗖嗖(呼呼)地飞快移动;发出嗖嗖(呼呼)声Afastmotorboatwhooshed by.一艘快艇嗖地一声飞驰而过。
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
whoosh
exclamation
informaluk/wʊʃ/us/wʊʃ/used todescribesomething thathappensveryfast, with nopausesordelay:
(表示突然猛冲或飞速行进发出的声音)嗖,呼Nosoonerhad shearrivedthan, whoosh, she was off again.她没到一会儿,嗖地一下,又离开了。
Fast and rapid
- (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
- apace
- as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
- as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
- at a rate of knotsidiom
- fleet
- hypersonic
- in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- like a shotidiom
- prompt
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfireidiom
- streak
- super-express
- superfast
- wildfire