| 单词 | whispering-place |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhispering-place ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > echo chamber or instrument whispering-placea1661 singing glass1669 sound-board1766 sounding-board1766 whispering-gallery1812 reverberation chamber1925 echo room1933 echo chamber1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun] > whispering-gallery whispering-placea1661 whispering-gallery1812 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 180 This whispering place..is a vault or gallery. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 97 The voice of Prophecies is like that of Whispering-places: They who are near or at a little distance hear nothing, those at the farthest extremity will understand all. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 118 The Whispering place..is indeede very rare, being thro a passage of 25 yards, in a many-angl<e>d Cloister. 1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 219 As for whispering Places, the best I ever saw was that at Gloucester: But in Italy..I saw, in an Inn, a Room with a square Vault, where whispering, you could easily hear it at the opposite Corner. < as lemmas |
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