| 词汇 | sound |
| 释义 | sound 1. noun 1 a style of speech, including vocabulary, syntax and attitude US, 1958. 2 a taunt or tease; an insult US, 1967 2. verb 1 to speak or inform; to tease someone; to flirt; to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition US, 1959. 2 to glare at or intimidate someone with a look US, 1955 3. that's good; used in a congratulatory sense to express praise for an action UK, 2002 sound off 1. sound off to express strong opinions about something, especially by angrily complaining about it and saying that you think it is wrong+ about Here he is again, sounding off about the amount of sex and violence on our TV screens. This is a free country and people are allowed to sound off about the fur trade and about experimenting with live animals.2. sound off AmE if soldiers sound off, they shout out their names to show that they are there: We could hear the soldiers sound off before they began their training exercises. sound out sound out sb • sound sb out to talk to someone in order to find out what they think about a plan or idea, or whether they might like to do something: The President sent one of his top advisers to the Middle East to sound out Arab opinion on the deal. Sony has already been sounding out other Japanese firms about joining the project.
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