noise

1. N-UNCOUNT Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. 噪音

There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace. 房間里有太多噪音了，他需要安靜。

The noise of bombs and guns was incessant. 爆炸聲和槍擊聲接連不斷。

2. N-COUNT A noise is a sound that someone or something makes. 聲音

Gerald made a small noise in his throat. 杰拉爾德從他的嗓子里發(fā)出輕輕的一聲。

...birdsong and other animal noises. …鳥鳴聲和其他動(dòng)物的叫聲。

3. N-PLURAL If someone makes noises of a particular kind about something, they say things that indicate their attitude to it in a rather indirect or vague way. (間接、含蓄地表達(dá)的) 觀點(diǎn)

The president took care to make encouraging noises about the future. 那位總統(tǒng)小心謹(jǐn)慎地表達(dá)了對(duì)未來的樂觀。

4. PHRASE If you say that someone makes the right noises or makes all the right noises, you think that they are showing concern or enthusiasm about something because they feel they ought to rather than because they really want to. 故作熱情地附和

But at the annual party conference he always made the right noises. 但在年會(huì)上他總是故作熱情地隨聲附和。