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单词 susurration
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Definition of susurration in English:

susurration

(also susurrus)
noun ˌsuːsʌˈreɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounliterary
  • Whispering or rustling.

    the susurration of the river
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Something beautiful but so far away-like the music of a faraway violin or the susurration of a distant wave.
    • Niagara's recurring invocation of the sound of water, the susurration and crashing of the falls, brings Rhys consciously, at first inexplicably, to mind.
    • Dawn is diluting darkness from the sky and it's difficult to distinguish between the susurration of the surf and the swishing whisper of the casuarinas around us.
    • It settled to the ground with a soft susurration like stirring leaves.
    • And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before thunder peals and lightning, a great rustle of excitement.
    Synonyms
    hum, humming, buzzing, murmur, drone, whir, whirring, fizz, fizzing, fuzz, hiss, singing, whisper

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin susurratio(n-), from Latin susurrare 'to murmur, hum', from susurrus 'whisper'.

 
 
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