单词 | let out |
释义 | let out (once / 1267 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY let out: lets out, letting out USAGE EXAMPLESIt is already against the law for landlords to let out their homes on short term lets for more than 90 days without planning permission. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) Laber was captured on a surveillance camera Tuesday leaving the boys’ school with her sons before classes had let out for the day, police said. Reuters(Nov 30, 2016) He let out a short cackle and asked, “But when did man lose his dignity?” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1 1v express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) She let out a big heavy sigh Syn|Hypo emit, let loose, utter call utter in a loud voice or announce gibberchatter inarticulately; of monkeys crowexpress pleasure verbally crowutter shrill sounds trumpetutter in trumpet-like sounds coocry softly, as of pigeons call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yellutter a sudden loud cry miaou, miaowmake a cat-like sound tsk, tut, tut-tututter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval echo, repeatto say again or imitate callutter a characteristic note or cry shootutter fast and forcefully gurgleutter with a gurgling sound cryutter a characteristic sound nasalespeak in a nasal voice bite oututter sighutter with a sigh troatemit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time liftmake audible pantutter while panting, as if out of breath volleyutter rapidly break intoexpress or utter spontaneously heaveutter a sound, as with obvious effort chorusutter in unison splutter, sputterutter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage deliverutter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) hootto utter a loud clamorous shout gruntissue a grunting, low, animal-like noise wolf-whistlewhistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males snortindicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose spit, spit oututter with anger or contempt groan, moanindicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure growl, grumble, rumbleto utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds howl, wrawl, yammer, yowlcry loudly, as of animals barkmake barking sounds baa, blat, blate, bleatcry plaintively bellow, roarmake a loud noise, as of animal cheep, chirp, chirrup, peepmake high-pitched sounds churr, whirrmake a vibrant sound, as of some birds chirrmake a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas meow, mewcry like a cat quackutter quacking noises hootutter the characteristic sound of owls cronk, honkcry like a goose hiss, sibilate, siss, sizzmake a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval sibilateutter a sibilant bray, hee-hawbraying characteristic of donkeys oink, squealutter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs clack, click, cluckmake a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens low, moomake a low noise, characteristic of bovines cacklesquawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens gobblemake a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys neigh, nicker, whicker, whinnymake a characteristic sound, of a horse gargleutter with gargling or burbling sounds cawutter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens mewutter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls hawutter `haw' hemutter `hem' or `ahem' croak, cronkutter a hoarse sound, like a raven singto make melodious sounds smackpress (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating giveemit or utter hollocry hollo hurrahshout `hurrah!' hallooshout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention whoopshout, as if with joy or enthusiasm pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrillutter a shrill cry reciterepeat aloud from memory cuckoorepeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call reechorepeat back like an echo parrotrepeat mindlessly regurgitate, reproducerepeat after memorization pant-hootcommunicate by hooting and panting, as of primates grunt-hootcommunicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates howl, roar, ululate, wail, yaup, yawlemit long loud cries bay, questbark with prolonged noises, of dogs yap, yelp, yipbark in a high-pitched tone screak, screech, skreak, skreigh, squawkutter a harsh abrupt scream chitter, twittermake high-pitched sounds, as of birds assibilateinsert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) gagglemake a noise characteristic of a goose 2v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, reveal, unwrap break, get around, get out be released or become known; of news blackwash bring (information) out of concealment muckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures blowcause to be revealed and jeopardized outreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle come out, come out of the closet, outto state openly and publicly one's homosexuality springproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly betray, bewrayreveal unintentionally confidereveal in private; tell confidentially leaktell anonymously babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattledivulge confidential information or secrets revealdisclose directly or through prophets relieve, unbosomrelieve oneself of troubling information tell let something be known v make (clothes) larger 3Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight Syn|Ant|Hyper widen take in make (clothes) smaller alter, change, vary become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence v bring out of a specific state Syn|Hyper bring out let go, let go of, release, relinquish release, as from one's grip |
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