English Dictionary

whistle

IPA（発音記号）

/wɪsl̩/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 コックニー 俗語 口語

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.

日本語の意味

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。

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

古い列車の汽笛が駅に入るとき、谷間にこだました。

意味（1）

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

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.

意味（2）

An act of whistling.

意味（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.

意味（4）

Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

the whistle of the wind in the trees

意味（5）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).

We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.

意味（6）

(colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

Let's […] drink the other cup to wet our whistles.

whistles （ plural ）