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

singsing /sɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense sang /sæŋ/, past participle sung /sʌŋ/)

ETYMOLOGYsing

Origin: Old English singan

VERB TABLE

sing

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sing
	he, she, it	sings
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sang
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sung
	he, she, it	has sung
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sung
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sung

Continuous Form
Present	I	am singing
	he, she, it	is singing
	you, we, they	are singing
Past	I, he, she, it	was singing
	you, we, they	were singing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been singing
	he, she, it	has been singing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been singing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be singing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been singing

COLLOCATIONS► singing ... songs

They drove along, singing old Beatles songs.

► sing ... to sleep

She started to sing him to sleep (=sing until a baby or child falls asleep).

1[intransitive, transitive] to produce musical sounds, songs, etc. with your voice: Daryl sang in his high school choir. Everyone sang “Happy Birthday.”sing to She sang softly to herself as she worked.sing somebody something Sing me a little of it, and I’ll see if I know it. They drove along, singing old Beatles songs. She started to sing him to sleep (=sing until a baby or child falls asleep).2[intransitive] science, biology if birds sing, they produce high musical sounds3sing somebody’s praises to praise someone very much: Diane really admires you – she’s always singing your praises.4sing a different/new tune to say something that is different from what you said before: If he’d known this earlier, he might have sung a different tune.5sing from the same hymn sheet/hymnbook/sheet of music etc. used to say that a group of people are all expressing the same opinion or have the same aim6[intransitive always + adv./prep.] literary to make a high continuous sound: A kettle was singing on the stove.7[intransitive] old-fashioned to tell someone or the police everything you know about a crime, especially a crime you were involved in yourself SYN inform: Pretty soon, Vinnie was singing like a canary.8[intransitive + of, transitive] eng. lang. arts literary to praise someone in poetry [Origin: Old English singan]sing along phrasal verb to sing with someone else who is already singing: sing along to Jackie was singing along to the radio.sing along with Kern invited the audience to sing along with him.sing out phrasal verb to sing or shout out clearly and loudly: “Good morning, Mrs. James!” Eddie sang out.