Word · Frequency #780
sounds
发出声音；使发声
sounds is the third person singular of sound.
To produce a sound, or to cause something to produce a sound.
- 1.
To produce a sound.
发出声音
- 2.
Of a whale, to dive downwards.
鲸鱼向下潜水
- 3.
To convey an impression by one's sound.
通过声音传达印象
- 4.
To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
探查或试图探查(某人的)思想、动机和目的；检查；尝试；测试；探测
- 5.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
通过声音传播或发布；通过声音传递信息
- 6.
To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
用测深线或其他设备测量或测试水深。
- 7.
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
在某一法律领域产生或被识别为产生,或可能导致某种法律补救的结果
- 8.
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
用探条、听诊或叩诊进行检查。
- 9.
To cause to produce a sound.
使发出声音
- 10.
To pronounce.
发音
听起来；发音；读（音）；试探；探询；测深；测量水深；用探条检查；听诊；叩诊
In use
The fire alarm sounded at 3 a.m., and everyone left the building quickly.
Her plan sounds perfect, but we need to check the budget first.
Before we decide, let's sound out the manager about the new schedule.
Verb forms
base sound · third person sounds · -ing sounding · past sounded · past participle sounded
规则变化
Connections
Collocations
- sound like
- 听起来像
- That plan sounds like a great idea.那个计划听起来像个好主意。
- sound good
- 听起来不错
- That sounds good to me.我觉得这听起来不错。
- sound the alarm
- 发出警报；拉响警报
- Residents sounded the alarm when they saw the fire.居民们看到火灾时拉响了警报。
- sound out
- 试探；探听
- I'll sound out my parents about the trip.我会试探一下父母对这次旅行的看法。
- sound a note of caution
- 提出告诫；提醒谨慎
- The report sounded a note of caution about rising debt.报告对不断上升的债务提出了告诫。
- sound off
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“声呐”(sonar)靠声音探测水深——sound 作动词既有“发出声音”，又有“探测、鲸鱼下潜”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语 sound 作动词表示“发出声音”或“听起来”时，通常为中性语域，日常对话和一般书面语中都比较常见；具体含义不同时，使用场合可能有所变化。
Grammar Note
当sound表示‘听起来’时，为连系动词，后接形容词或名词短语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都含拼写片段 -ound，且与 sound /saʊnd/ 同韵：found /faʊnd/、bound /baʊnd/、ground /ɡraʊnd/、round /raʊnd/、hound /haʊnd/、pound /paʊnd/。注意形近但音不同的词：wound 作“伤口”时读 /wuːnd/，不押韵；但 wind 的过去式 wound 读 /waʊnd/，押韵。country /ˈkʌntri/ 虽含 ou，发音也完全不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.