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A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. / An act of whistling. / A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

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whistle

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Source Word

whistle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/wɪsl̩/

Noun

countable uncountable Cockney slang colloquial

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. / An act of whistling. / A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

Japanese Meaning

口で吹いて音を出すための装置、または楽器。 / 口笛を吹く行為、その音を発する行為。 / 高く鋭い音、特に口笛によって発せられる音。

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The old train's whistle echoed across the valley as it pulled into the station.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い列車の汽笛が駅に入るとき、谷間にこだました。

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Sense（1）

A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.

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Sense（2）

An act of whistling.

Sense（3）

A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.

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