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whoosh

/woosh, woosh, hwoosh, hwoosh/US // wuʃ, wʊʃ, ʰwuʃ, ʰwʊʃ //UK // (wʊʃ) //

嗖嗖嗖,嗖嗖,嗖,呜呼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move swiftly with a gushing or hissing noise: gusts of wind whooshing through the trees.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move with a whooshing motion or sound: The storm whooshed the waves over the road.

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Examples

  • Sheila Moody, in Room 472, heard a whoosh and a whistle and she wondered where all this air was coming from.

  • After the initial whoosh and blast, it had seemed eerily silent until they reached the D Ring hallway, where they heard other people, crying, moaning, talking.

  • Then with a whoosh in came Elliott Woods, the contributor of a piece titled “Veterans of a Foreign War.”

  • The surf was not very high this time,—just waves that went whoosh and then pulled the pebbles back with a nice scrawpy sound.

  • Late in the day, he felt rather than heard the soundless whoosh of the construction machinery.

  • A little one, like the crack of a distant artillery piece in the mountains and then a louder, deep-toned whoosh of a noise.

  • Those trees are always sigh-sigh-sighing—more of a sigh than a sough or the 'whoosh' of gum-trees in the wind.

  • Before he could examine it, or move toward the door, Penny, with a mighty “whoosh” blew out the candle.