| 释义 |
sibilous, a.|ˈsɪbɪləs|
[f. L. sībil-us adj. + -ous.]
Hissing, sibilant.
1768G. White Selborne xvi, The grasshopper lark began his sibilous note in my fields last Saturday. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 240 Its sibilous note is observed to cease about the latter end of July. 1822Good Study Med. I. 537 He [Laennec] distinguishes five principal kinds of rattle:..4 The dry sibilous, or hissing. 1859Semple Diphtheria 68 The respiration was accelerated, was becoming sibilous. 1890Australian Girl I. xiii. 192 There was a faint sibilous sound. |