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voice

/vois/US // vɔɪs //UK // (vɔɪs) //

声音,语音,话语权

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
    • : the faculty or power of uttering sounds through the mouth by the controlled expulsion of air; speech: to lose one's voice.
    • : a range of such sounds distinctive to one person, or to a type of person or animal: Her voice is commanding.
    • : the condition or effectiveness of the voice for speaking or singing: to be in poor voice.
    • : a sound likened to or resembling vocal utterance: the voice of the wind.
    • : something likened to speech as conveying impressions to the mind: the voice of nature.
    • : expression in spoken or written words, or by other means: to give voice to one's disapproval by a letter.
    • : the right to present and receive consideration of one's desires or opinions: We were given no voice in the election.
    • : an expressed opinion or choice: a voice for compromise.
    • : an expressed will or desire: the voice of the people.
    • : expressed wish or injunction: obedient to the voice of God.
    • : the person or other agency through which something is expressed or revealed: a warning that proved to be the voice of prophecy.
    • : a singer: one of our best voices.
    • : a voice part: a score for piano and voice.
    • : Phonetics. the audible result of phonation and resonance.
    • : Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in some languages, as Latin, and which is typically used to indicate the relation of the verbal action to the subject as performer, undergoer, or beneficiary of its action.a set of syntactic devices in some languages, as English, that is similar to this set in function.any of the categories of these sets: the English passive voice; the Greek middle voice.
    • : the finer regulation, as of intensity and color, in tuning, especially of a piano or organ.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    voiced, voic·ing.

    • : to give utterance or expression to; declare; proclaim: to voice one's discontent.
    • : Music. to regulate the tone of, as the pipes of an organ.to write the voice parts for.
    • : to utter with the voice.
    • : Phonetics. to pronounce with glottal vibration.
    • : to interpret from sign language into spoken language.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Computers. of or relating to the use of human or synthesized speech: voice-data entry; voice output.
    • : Telecommunications. of or relating to the transmission of speech or data over media designed for the transmission of speech: voice-grade channel;voice-data network.

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Examples

  • I’m going to do what I can to change, to lobby and use my voice on behalf of some of these changes.

  • The increasing usage of voice search and voice-enabled devices also offers an opportunity for consumer brands to make it easier than ever for customers to find their products.

  • Growing up in Texas, Priya Tahim felt like she didn’t have a voice.

  • Honoring our grandparents is important and it’s great to have your voice be a part of this conversation.

  • In Hurston’s book, power is shown through who is given a voice.

  • “Jeffrey wanted me to tell you that you looked so pretty,” the female voice said into my disbelieving ear.

  • As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.

  • When he does, here is a gentleness in his voice, a reflective and lovely quality that no movie he has been in has ever captured.

  • The Millennial Action Project (MAP) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.

  • “He is borrowing my voice to tell you this story,” she told the crowd.

  • Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

  • She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.

  • I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.

  • The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.

  • For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.