词汇精选：whisper的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
低语，耳语，私语
例句：
He told me in a whisper so that none else could hear.
他低声告诉我，以免别人听到。
例句：
I in a whisper told them what I had seen.
我低声告诉他们我所看到的情况。
传闻，谣传
例句：
I've heard a whisper that he has cancer.
我听到他得了癌症的传闻。
例句：
The whisper about her marriage is widespread.
有关她婚姻的传闻流传很广。
飒飒声
例句：
They heard the whisper of leaves.
他们听见了树叶的低语。
例句：
Only the whisper of the surf and breeze interrupts the blissful stillness.
唯有海浪和微风的几声耳语不时打断着这美好的宁静。
v.
低声说，悄悄说，耳语，私语 [I,T]
例句：
Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.
胖子欠身对她耳语几句。
例句：
What a yap he be, he do not know how to whisper.
他真是个粗汉，他不会小声地说话。
私下谈论；谣传 [I,T]
例句：
If I whisper you my secret will you promise not to tell?
我若把我的秘密悄悄告诉你，你能不能保证不泄露出去？
例句：
What happened in the factory is being whispered about the neighborhood.
工厂里发生的事正在附近居民中私下传说。
沙沙（或飒飒）作响 [I]
例句：
Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.
树影婆娑的椰林低声吟唱着催眠曲。
例句：
The car's tires whispered through the puddles.
穿过水坑时汽车的轮胎发出呜呜声。
二、词义辨析：
murmur,mutter,whisper
这些动词均有“低语”之意。murmur通常指人、微风或小溪等的低沉、柔和或连续的声音。mutter多指别人不易听到的低语。whisper通常指耳语、窃窃私语。
三、相关短语：
stage whisper
旁白,故意让别人听见的耳语
四、参考例句：
She spoke in a husky whisper.
她低沉沙哑地轻声说话。
His voice died away in a whisper.
他的声音渐渐变为了小声低语。
They heard the whisper of leaves.
他们听见了树叶的低语。
The whisper about her marriage is widespread.
有关她婚姻的传闻流传很广。
Lower one's voice to a whisper
把声音降到耳语那么低。
Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear.
胖子欠身对她耳语几句。
Hardly a whisper of concern has been voiced.
没有人表示过一点点的关心。
Did she whisper in your ear at the meeting?
开会时，她跟你私下交谈了吗？
But in my mind I whisper every single word you.
但在我心里，我低声念着每个你曾说过的词语。
Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song.
树影婆娑的椰林低声吟唱着催眠曲。
