单词 | sibilate |
例句 | And when I walk amid the foliage of these autumn days, it begins to quarrel with an excitable sibilating duck: “It’s rabbit season!” DVD: On DVD, ?Essential Bugs Bunny Collection? 2010-10-08T22:10:00Z So how is it that some psychopaths sibilate their way through life as liver-chomping, chianti-swilling monsters, while others are high achievers? How psychopaths take over 2012-10-13T17:00:00Z No papers were asked for either at the Customs' station, some hundred yards farther on; but the Carabineros looked upon me as a lunatic, and significantly sibilated. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) And there he sits, meditating over Carlyle’s crepitating fire and Rousseau’s writhing, sibilating flame. The Book of Khalid "Answer me!" sibilated the stranger, his brows darkening beneath the wide brim of the hat, and a gleam of fire showing in his eyes. Frank Merriwell's Chums He achieved what I take to be the supreme compliment of noisy hushings sibilated from the pit and gallery when the later curtains rose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 Antonym: nadir. zero, n. cipher, nothing, naught. zest, n. relish, flavor, taste; enjoyment, relish, gusto. zinc, n. spelter. zip, n. hissing, sibilance, sibilation.--v. hiss, sibilate. zone, n. clime, region; girdle, belt, band, girth. Putnam's Word Book For the question that sibilated in Grafton street cafes and at the tram change at Nelson pillar was: "Will Dublin Castle permit?" What's the Matter with Ireland? Mr. Sterne's final rapid winking remained buried in the deep darkness sibilating with his whispers. The End of the Tether "Do you think it's worth while?" sibilated Miss Miranda in answer. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm The theatre was crowded in every part: expectation was on tiptoe: anticipation as to his person, voice, and manner, was announced by the sibilating "I guess" heard around, and "pretty considerable" agitation prevailed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827 "Tom," was the word whispered, "Steele" was the sibilated response. Burlesques Its voice is a harsh, grating hiss; it makes the noise when alarmed or when disturbed by passing canoes, all the individuals sibilating as they fly heavily away from tree to tree. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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