noise /nɔɪz/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  例：

  There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace.

  房间里有太多噪音了，他需要安静。

  例：

  The noise of bombs and guns was incessant.

  爆炸声和枪击声接连不断。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  Gerald made a small noise in his throat.

  杰拉尔德从他的嗓子里发出轻轻的一声。

  例：

  ...birdsong and other animal noises.

  …鸟鸣声和其他动物的叫声。

• 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. (间接、含蓄地表达的) 观点

  例：

  The president took care to make encouraging noises about the future.

  那位总统小心谨慎地表达了对未来的乐观。

• 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. 故作热情地附和

  例：

  But at the annual party conference he always made the right noises.

  但在年会上他总是故作热情地随声附和。