单词 | shush-shush |
释义 | shush-shushadj. rare. 1. Echoic, designating something that makes a repeated soft sound like a shush. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] hissinga1547 whissing1555 hizzing1582 sibilous1768 sibilating1782 sibilant1802 shushing1929 shush-shush1954 1954 New World Writing vi. 44 I measured..his shush-shush tread in my presence. 2. = hush-hush adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > as part of plan, process, etc. hush-hush1916 pink1924 hush1944 shush-shush1963 1963 Listener 24 Jan. 182/1 It is his [sc. the defence correspondent's] job to know what is going on in the shush-shush world behind the ‘D’ notices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1954 |
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