单词 | sing |
释义 | singsing /sɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense sang /sæŋ/, past participle sung /sʌŋ/) 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. |
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