hiss
嘶嘶声,嘶嘶,咝咝声,嘶
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Definitions
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- : to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- : to express disapproval or contempt by making this sound: The audience hissed when the actor forgot his lines.
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- : to express disapproval of by hissing: The audience hissed the controversial play.
- : to silence or drive away by hissing: They hissed down the author when he tried to speak.
- : to utter with a hiss.
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- : a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
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Examples
He stumbled upon a hiss coming from somewhere in the constellation Sagittarius, in the direction of the center of the galaxy.
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, engineers at Bell Labs, were stymied by a persistent hiss in the house-sized, horn-like antenna they were repurposing for radio astronomy.
The highs sound a little crunchy and there’s a very slight hiss when no sound is happening.
The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss.
Others hiss at reporters they disagree with, creating a toxic and tense environment.
When the hiss of reptiles turns to words, you hear something that you have never heard and will never forget.
Back in 2005, for instance, he argued that the U.S. housing bubble was starting to hiss badly.
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
When it is inconvenient to stain before the smears have dried, capsules can be shown by the method of Hiss.
With an explosive hiss, gray jets of live steam erupted from pipes around the edge of the room.
And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
As the leader finished her remarks Mrs. Haight brought her teeth together with a snap and shot through them a little hiss.