| 单词 | sing |
| 释义 | sing —singable, adj. —singability, singableness, n. —singingly, adv. /sing/, v. , sang or, often, sung; sung; singing; n. v.i. 1. to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically. 2. to perform a song or voice composition: She promised to sing for us. 3. to produce melodious sounds, usually high in pitch, as certain birds, insects, etc.: The nightingale sang in the tree. 4. to compose poetry: Keats sang briefly but gloriously. 5. to tell about or praise someone or something in verse or song: He sang of the warrior's prowess. 6. to admit of being sung, as verses: This lyric sings well. 7. to give out a continuous ringing, whistling, murmuring, burbling, or other euphonious sound, as a teakettle or a brook. 8. to make a short whistling, ringing, or whizzing sound: The bullet sang past his ear. 9. (of an electrical amplifying system) to produce an undesired self-sustained oscillation. 10. to have the sensation of a ringing or humming sound, as the ears. 11. Slang. to confess or act as an informer; squeal. v.t. 12. to utter with musical modulations of the voice, as a song. 13. to escort or accompany with singing. 14. to proclaim enthusiastically. 15. to bring, send, put, etc., with or by singing: She sang the baby to sleep. 16. to chant or intone: to sing mass. 17. to tell or praise in verse or song. 18. sing out, Informal. to call in a loud voice; shout: They lost their way in the cavern and sang out for help. n. 19. the act or performance of singing. 20. a gathering or meeting of persons for the purpose of singing: a community sing. 21. a singing, ringing, or whistling sound, as of a bullet. [bef. 900; ME singen, OE singan; c. D zingen, G singen, ON syngva, Goth siggwan] |
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