词汇 | wolf whistle |
释义 | Idiom wolf whistle a whistle (= high sound that is made by blowing air through the lips) that some men do when they see a woman who is sexually attractive.She'll get a few wolf whistles if she walks through town in those shorts. wolf whistle noun a distinctive whistle (generally, a sharply terminated rising note, followed by one that rises briefly before descending and fading) used as a declaration of appreciation for a sexually attractive person. After WOLF (a sexually aggressive man), and generally, but not exclusively, in the vocabulary of men US, 1952wolf whistleA high-pitched, typically two-note whistle directed at a person (usually a woman) to indicate that the whistler (usually a man) finds them attractive. Sharon did not appreciate the wolf whistles coming from the crew at the construction site. |
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