| 单词 | to hoot her way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hoot her way 4. Applied to certain sounds mechanically produced, esp. that of a steam siren or ‘hooter’, used as a signal to workmen for beginning or ceasing work, a fog-signal, etc. Also, to emit the sound of a motor-horn (said of the horn, the motor vehicle, or the driver). Also transitive. to hoot her way (of a ship): to make her way (as in a fog) with continuous hooting. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [verb (intransitive)] poopc1390 hoot1883 honk1895 klaxon1924 parp1968 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (intransitive)] > sound hooter or siren as signal hoot1883 siren1895 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 177 A cuckoo-clock..hooted at intervals. 1890 Daily News 29 Sept. 6/6 It was not a dangerous fog, but our ship had to hoot her way for some distance down. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 3 Through the yelling Channel tempest when the siren hoots and roars. 1912 M. Beerbohm in Seven Men (1919) 129 Our car neither slackened nor hooted. 1927 Observer 28 Aug. 10 In the shadiest lanes we were honked and hooted out of the way. 1957 A. Clarke Too Great Vine 10 Badge and holy medal guide Your cars home, hooting through our dirtiest lanes. 1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 65 Who dares to come hooting at me? I only give way to a Jag. < as lemmas |
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