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单词 susurration
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susurrationn.

Brit. /ˌs(j)uːsəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsusəˈreɪʃən/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -acyo(u)n, 1500s sussur-.
Etymology: < Latin susurrātio, -ōnem, < susurrāre : see susurrate v. and -ation suffix.
a. Whispering; occasionally a whisper; in early use, malicious whispering, tattle.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > whispering
whisperingc975
roundingOE
susurrationa1425
tutelingc1440
tittlinga1450
whistering1586
whisper1609
whisperation1710
whisht1773
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping
taling1382
susurrationa1425
trattlinga1425
tittlinga1450
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
tittle-tattlinga1586
news-making1707
gossiping1712
gossipry1818
gossipred1828
anecdoting1845
calleting1905
hen-cackle1907
a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. xii. 20 Discencyouns, bacbytyngys, susurracyouns.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. ix. sig. l.iii v Susurracyon is for to speke cursyd langage by malyce for to put noyses in some persones.
1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. cvii The branchys of enwy detraccyon, adulacyon, sussuracyon.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiiiv Susurracion or preuy sclaundre.
1631 I. Craven Gods Tribunall 28 The secret susurrations and buzzings of false tongues.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D3v Apuleius..asserts, that by a magical susurration..rivers are turned back.
1708 Brit. Apollo 2–4 June To Inlighten their Offuscated Intellects, upon the least Petitionary Susurration.
1824 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) II. 455 Not a susurration of this to anybody!
1855 T. De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 99 Every syllable and fragment of susurration that might..betray the tendency of our colloquy.
1892 Harper's Mag. Aug. 331/1 The crossing of the hands is accompanied by a muttering and susurration of the lips.
b. transferred. A rustling murmur.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > whispering sound
whisping1379
whispering1610
whisper1638
susurration1640
susurring1826
susurrus1826
susurrence1909
whiffle1972
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 2 Those soft susurrations of the Trees.
1867 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 234/1 There is no sound but the susurration of the taller trees.
1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 736 There is a constant susurration, a blattering and swarming of crustacea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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