a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance 噪声,响声 making a noise like a pig in a trough. 发出像猪在饲料槽中进食的噪声。 what's that rustling noise outside the door?. 门外沙沙的是什么声音?。 ■[mass noun]a series or combination of loud, confused sounds, especially when causing disturbance 嘈杂声,噪音 dazed with the heat and noise. 被热气和噪音弄得头昏眼花。 vibration and noise from traffic. 来往车辆发出的震动和嘈杂声。 ■(noises)conventional remarks or speech-like sounds made to express some emotion or quality 喧哗声;议论 the government made tough noises about defending sterling. 关于保护英镑,政府发布了强硬的言论。
[mass noun](technical)irregular fluctuations that accompany a transmitted electrical signal but are not part of it and tend to obscure it (技)(电信号传输中的)杂音,噪音 ■random fluctuations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data or other information 干扰噪声 over half the magnitude of the differences came from noise in the data. 众多差异中有一大半是由数据中的干扰造成的。
verb
[with obj.](一般作be noised about)(dated)talk about or make known publicly (旧)议论;公开,传开 ■[no obj.](poetic/literary)make much noise (诗/文)喧闹
常用词组 make a noise
speak or act in a way designed to attract a lot of attention or publicity 引起关注,引起轰动 he knows how to make a noise and claim police harassment. 他知道如何引起轰动并指责警察扰民。
语源
Middle English (also in the sense 'quarrelling'): from Old French, from Latin nausea 'seasickness' (see nausea)