Sound

(noun.) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; 'the sound of rain on the roof'; 'the beautiful sound of music'.

(noun.) the subjective sensation of hearing something; 'he strained to hear the faint sounds'.

(noun.) the sudden occurrence of an audible event; 'the sound awakened them'.

(noun.) a large ocean inlet or deep bay; 'the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast'.

(noun.) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; 'falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them'.

(verb.) appear in a certain way; 'This sounds interesting'.

(verb.) give off a certain sound or sounds; 'This record sounds scratchy'.

(verb.) make a certain noise or sound; 'She went `Mmmmm''; 'The gun went `bang''.

(verb.) cause to sound; 'sound the bell'; 'sound a certain note'.

(verb.) announce by means of a sound; 'sound the alarm'.

(adj.) thorough; 'a sound thrashing' .

(adj.) free from moral defect; 'a man of sound character' .

(adj.) financially secure and safe; 'sound investments'; 'a sound economy' .

(adj.) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; 'a sound timber'; 'the wall is sound'; 'a sound foundation' .

整理:鲁道夫

• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There is no one else, and no sound could alarm those who are in the farther wing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The use of a megaphone or speaking trumpet for conveying the sound of the voice to a distance is based on the same principle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There he is, all safe and sound. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Yet one sound made them pause. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Mr. Vholes gives it a rap, and it sounds as hollow as a coffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For an hour I have heard the sounds of conflict within the palace. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• That sounded ominous. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She meant 'facinating', but as Grace didn't know the exact meaning of either word, fastidious sounded well and made a good impression. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• This sounded so like a falsehood, that the old gentleman looked somewhat sternly in Oliver's face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• While the disturbance which travels out from a sounding body is commonly called a wave, it is by no means like the type of wave best known to us, namely, the water wave. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Sounding Mr. Cruncher, and finding him of her opinion, Miss Pross resorted to the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, attended by her cavalier. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of finding them. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Robert Jordan heard the ax sounding in the woods behind him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I was dumb when she leaned beside the harp again, playing it, but not sounding it, with her right hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When current is made, the relay attracts an armature, which thereby closes a circuit in a local battery and thus causes a click of the sounder. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There is frequent recognition in classical literature of a sounder cosmogony. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Under these conditions the current of the main line is not sent through the sounder, but through the relay which opens and closes a local battery in connection with the strong sounder. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He had managed for me, in my absence, with the soundest judgement; and my worldly affairs were prospering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Here in Spain the Communists offered the best discipline and the soundest and sanest for the prosecution of the war. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I tell you that's the soundest way to deal with the whole thing. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• So spirited a creature would have certainly roused the soundest of sleepers when it felt the prick of the knife. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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