英语词汇“whiffle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whiffle

/ˈwɪf(ə)l

verb [no object]

1Make a soft sound, like that of breathing or a gentle wind: he snored, and as he breathed out he whiffled through loose lips...

I was leading the group, hacking through the undergrowth with my trusty knife when all of a sudden we heard a sound, barely perceptible, like a whiffling in the undergrowth.

1.1Move or cause to move lightly as if blown by a puff of air: [no object]: the geese came whiffling down on to the grass

noun

1A slight movement of air, or the sound of such a movement.

2 (also whiffle cut) US informal A very short haircut worn by US soldiers in the Second World War.

Mid 16th century: frequentative (verb), diminutive (noun) of whiff¹.

单词	whiffle
释义	whiffle /ˈwɪf(ə)l / verb [no object] 1Make a soft sound, like that of breathing or a gentle wind: he snored, and as he breathed out he whiffled through loose lips... I was leading the group, hacking through the undergrowth with my trusty knife when all of a sudden we heard a sound, barely perceptible, like a whiffling in the undergrowth. 1.1Move or cause to move lightly as if blown by a puff of air: [no object]: the geese came whiffling down on to the grass noun 1A slight movement of air, or the sound of such a movement. 2 (also whiffle cut) US informal A very short haircut worn by US soldiers in the Second World War. Origin Mid 16th century: frequentative (verb), diminutive (noun) of whiff¹. Rhymes piffle, riffle, skiffle, sniffle
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