sounding

柯林斯詞典

sounding /?sa?nd??/ (soundings)

• 1. N-SING The sounding of a bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a sound. (鈴或號(hào)的)發(fā)聲['the' N 'of' n]

  There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal. 從第一個(gè)空襲警報(bào)到警報(bào)解除號(hào)音其間有15分鍾。

• 2. N-COUNT If you take soundings, you try to find out people's opinions on a subject. 對(duì)某人意見(jiàn)的征詢[usu pl]

  She will take soundings of the people's wishes before deciding on a course of action. 她會(huì)在決定行動(dòng)方針之前征詢一下大家的意願(yuàn)。

• 3. N the act or process of measuring depth of water or examining the bottom of a river, lake, etc, as with a sounding line (測(cè)量水深或檢測(cè)水底的)探通術(shù)

• 4. ADJ resounding; resonant 廻響的; 廻蕩的

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