English Dictionary

whiffle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/

動詞

イギリス英語 鳥類 自動詞 他動詞

To blow a short gust. / To waffle, talk aimlessly. / (UK) To waste time. / To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.

日本語の意味

短い一陣の風を吹かせる / 意味もなくおしゃべりをする、冗談を言う / （イギリス英語）だらだらと時間を無駄にする / 風の音を伴いながら素早く移動する

As the meadow warmed, a breeze began to whiffle through the tall grass.

草原が暖まると、そよ風が背の高い草の間を短く吹き抜け始めた。

意味（1）

To blow a short gust.

意味（2）

To waffle, talk aimlessly.

意味（3）

(UK) To waste time.

意味（4）

To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.

意味（5）

(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.

[S]ometimes it may happen that ſuch a Cloud may appear ſeveral Mornings and Evenings, and we may not feel the effects of it, or but very little; yet we always provide againſt it; for a North never comes without ſuch a foreboding Cloud. But if the VVinds also vvhiffle about to the South, with fair flattering VVeather, it never fails.

意味（7）

(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

意味（8）

To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

[A] Perſon of whiffling and unſteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep cloſe to a Point of Controverſy, […]

意味（9）

To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.

This is a plain and obvious ſenſe of this Promiſe, […] againſt ſuch as would whiffle away all theſe Truths by reſolving them into a mere moral Allegorie.

whiffles （ present singular third-person ）

whiffling （ participle present ）

whiffled （ participle past ）

whiffled （ past ）