what is or may be heard; (sth that causes) a sensation in the ear
an idea produced by sth read or heard
things broadcast or played from a recording machine for listening to rather than for seeing
in good condition, without disease or damage
showing good sense or good judgment
thorough, complete
give out sound
give the signal for
measure the depth of water by letting down a weight fastened on the end of a line
try to learn sb's views, sentiments
"the sound of rain on the roof"
"the beautiful sound of music"
"he strained to hear the faint sounds"
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
"the sound awakened them"
"they always raise the audio for commercials"
"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
"sound investments"
"a sound economy"
"healthy scepticism"
"a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"
"the healthy attitude of French laws"
"healthy relations between labor and management"
"an intelligent solution"
"a sound approach to the problem"
"sound advice"
"no sound explanation for his decision"
"a sound timber"
"the wall is sound"
"a sound foundation"
"good teeth"
"I still have one good leg"
"a sound mind in a sound body"
"a sound argument"
"a sound title to the property"
"a man of sound character"
"a heavy sleep"
"fell into a profound sleep"
"a sound sleeper"
"deep wakeless sleep"
"a sound thrashing"
"This sounds interesting"
"She went `Mmmmm'"
"The gun went `bang'"
"This record sounds scratchy"
"sound the alarm"
"sound the bell"
"sound a certain note"
My sharpest sense is that of sound.
出自: M. Tippett
Men in the prime of life, sound of wind and limb.
出自: V. Woolf
Doctors..overhauled him and found him pretty sound.
出自: C. P. Snow
A bell began clanging, and he listened till a hundred..strokes had sounded.
出自: T. Hardy
The street sounds to the soldiers' tread.
出自: A. E. Housman
A gun sounded from the bank.
出自: A. Schlee
Let us go to the bow and see the linesman sounding.
出自: T. Mo
他说的听上去简直像一篇童话。
It sounds like thunder.
这声音好似惊雷。
That sounds like a good arrangement.
这样的安排听起来不错。
军号吹响了。
Ask the musician to sound off, and then we can start.
让乐师奏起来,然后我们就可出发了。
The men must not make any mistakes while sounding off.
士兵们喊数时不得出错。 sound off
I could hear father sounding off to his class on his favourite subject again.
我听见父亲又在班上对学生们滔滔不绝地谈起他所喜欢的话题。 sound off about sth
Has he been sounding off about his golf game again?
他是不是又在呱啦呱啦地说他的高尔夫球比赛?
John's always sounding off about the extremely poor quality of the beer at our local pub.
约翰总是抱怨本地酒吧的啤酒质量极其低劣。
他会为我们试探一下他们的看法的。
We'll have to sound out the opposition before we decide what action to take.
在我们采取行动以前,我们得探探反对派的口气。
He sounded out the other members of the club about the proposal.
他探询过俱乐部其余成员对这一建议的看法。
Let's sound him out on the proposal.
让我们探听一下他对这个建议有什么看法。
I will sound out the manager on the question of holidays.
我将就假日问题试探经理的意见。
Your idea sounds great.
你的主意听起来不错。
The car is sounding a bit rough these days.
这辆车的声音最近听起来有点粗糙。
My house is out of sound of street noises.
我家听不到街上的噪音。
Her house is within sound of the waves breaking on the shore.
她家可以听到海浪拍击海岸的声音。
误 I turned the volume knob of the radio right up but there was still no sounds.
正 I turned the volume knob of the radio right up but there was still no sound.
析 这里的声音是泛指有耳朵就能听见的声音,因此是不可数名词,应该用sound。
误 I hummed a sound.
正 I hummed a song.
正 I hummed a tune.
析 当表示“哼歌曲”,一般说hum a tune或hum a song,不说hum a sound。
误 This was sounding the alarm for us.
正 This sounded the alarm for us.
误 That is sounding nice.
正 That sounds nice.
析 sound是静态动词,不可用于进行体,即使谈到当前正在发生的事也不用于进行体。
误 His story sounds incredibly.
正 His story sounds incredible.
误 He sounds to be furious.
正 He sounds like furious.
正 He sounds furious.
析 sound作系动词时,不可接副词作表语,也不可接动词不定式。
误 I will sound Marlin in the question of holidays.
正 I will sound Marlin on〔upon,about〕 the question of holidays.
析 表示“就〔拿〕…问题〔主意、想法等〕去试探某人的看法和意见”应该说sound sb on〔upon,about〕 sth,不可以说sound sb in sth