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单词 susurrous
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susurrousadj.

Etymology: < Latin susurrus adjective or noun (see susurrus n.) + -ous suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: suˈsurrous.
rare.
Of the nature of a whisper; characterized by, or full of, whispering.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective] > whispering sound
whisperinga1547
whistering1586
susurrant1791
whisperya1835
susurrent1857
susurrous1860
whisperous1884
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xiii. 247 There were eyes peering through, and a gentle, susurrous whispering.
1865 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Susurrous.., whispering;..full of whispering sounds.
1946 M. Peake Titus Groan lxiv. 388 The long corridors were susurrous with rumour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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