whistle
whistle for
1. 徒劳地希望
I owe my butcher $10, but he can whistle for it.
我欠肉店老板十美元, 可是他别指望我会还。
whistle up
1. 勉强拼凑出
He had to whistle up some new ideas for lessons.
他只好勉强给上课的教材添些新内容。
blow the whistle on
1. 使……停下来
If your father finds out about this, he'll soon blow the whistle on what you're doing.
要是你父亲知道了这事, 他一定会马上阻止你去做下去的。
wet one's whistle
1. 喝酒
He likes to wet his whistle on the way home from work in the evening.
他喜欢在晚上下班回家的路上喝点酒。
习惯用语as clean as a whistle1.■非常洁净; 光滑; 清白无罪as slick as a whistle1.■[美俚]干干净净; 身体非常好at sb.'s whistle1.■听命于某人, 招之即来blow the whistle (on)1.■告发; 揭发2.■使停下来dance after sb.'s whistle1.■听从某人指挥, 顺从某人dance to sb.'s whistle1.■听从某人指挥, 顺从某人go whistle1.■遭到拒绝, 失望而去2.■懈怠, 混日子; 白白浪费时间3.■随意行动in less than a pig's whistle1.■[口]马上, 立刻let sb. go whistle1.■不顾某人的意愿, 无礼地拒绝某人2.■赶走[驱逐]某人bid sb. go whistle1.■不顾某人的意愿, 无礼地拒绝某人2.■赶走[驱逐]某人one may whistle for it1.■[口]妄想, 空想, 妄图pay too dear for one's whistle1.■为图一时高兴而付很大代价; 得不偿失wet one's whistle1.■喝杯酒, 润喉whistle for1.■吹哨召唤2.■空想; 痴心妄想whistle in the dark1.■在黑暗中吹口哨; (转喻)给自已壮胆worth the whistle1.■值得邀请的; 值得注意的特殊用法acknowledging whistle1.■警惕汽笛; 确认汽笛air whistle1.■汽笛alarm whistle1.■警笛approaching station whistle1.■接近车站鸣笛automatic whistle1.■自动汽笛; 自动鸣号chime whistle1.■谐音汽笛, 复音汽笛emergency whistle1.■紧急哨音, 紧急鸣笛delayed whistle1.■缓判slow whistle1.■缓判exhaust whistle1.■排气笛final whistle1.■终场哨声fog whistle1.■雾笛heterodyne whistle1.■外差啸声release brake whistle1.■制动缓解汽笛resonant wedge whistle1.■共振劈哨signal whistle1.■信号风笛train control whistle1.■列车自动控制的气笛
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