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susurration

/soo-suh-rey-shuhn/US // ˌsu səˈreɪ ʃən //

苏醒,悬念,悬疑,悬赏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soft murmur; whisper.

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Examples

  • The muffled sound that had awakened him had been the soft susurration of the door as it had slid open when the power died.

  • Then the alien susurration ceased coming from the reproducer and he closed his mouth abruptly and leaned forward.

  • The sob of the saxophone came through the window near by, the froufrou of the dancers made a soft susurration faintly audible.

  • His own name, pronounced in the utmost compression of susurration, they say, he catches at a quarter furlong interval.

  • If he had read his Biffin he would have known that the correct terms are a "susurration of sparrows" and a "pop of weasels."