单词 | whoosh |
释义 | whoosh (hwʊʃ , US hwuːʃ ) Word forms: whooshes , whooshing , whooshed 1. exclamation People sometimes say 'whoosh' when they are emphasizing the fact that something happens very suddenly or very fast. [emphasis] Then came the riders amid even louder cheers and whoosh! It was all over. 2. verb If something whooshes somewhere, it moves there quickly or suddenly. [informal] Cool air whooshes up through the grates on the street. [VERB adverb/preposition] Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals. [VERB adverb/preposition] 3. singular noun [oft NOUN of noun] A whoosh of air or water is a sudden rush of it. [literary] ...the whoosh and murmur of the wind through the trees. They drove home with their windshield wipers going whoosh whoosh. |
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