| 单词 | noise |
| 释义 | noise /noyz/, n. , v. , noised, noising. n. 1. sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises. 2. a sound of any kind: to hear a noise at the door. 3. loud shouting, outcry, or clamor. 4. a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds. 5. an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen. 6. Informal. extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.: The noise in the report obscured its useful information. 7. Obs. rumor or gossip, esp. slander. 8. make noises, Informal. to speak vaguely; hint: He is making noises to the press about running for public office. v.t. 9. to spread, as a report or rumor; disseminate (usually fol. by about or abroad): A new scandal is being noised about. v.i. 10. to talk much or publicly. 11. to make a noise, outcry, or clamor. [1175-1225; ME < OF < L nausea seasickness. See NAUSEA] Syn. 1. clatter, blare, uproar, tumult. NOISE, CLAMOR, DIN, HUBBUB, RACKET refer to unmusical or confused sounds. NOISE is the general word and is applied equally to soft or loud, confused or inharmonious sounds: street noises. CLAMOR and HUBBUB are alike in referring to loud noises resulting from shouting, cries, animated or excited tones, and the like; but in CLAMOR the emphasis is on the meaning of the shouting, and in HUBBUB the emphasis is on the confused mingling of sounds: the clamor of an angry crowd; His voice could be heard above the hubbub. DIN suggests a loud, resonant noise, painful if long continued: the din of a boiler works. RACKET suggests a loud, confused noise of the kind produced by clatter or percussion: He always makes a racket when he cleans up the dishes. 2. See sound1. |
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