toot the horn/whistle
及物用法：toot 后接 horn、whistle 等宾语，表示使喇叭或哨子发声。
She tooted the horn twice at the crossing.
她在路口按了两次喇叭。
发嘟嘟声；鸣响（喇叭/哨子）
tooting — present participle of toot
在 Mastodon 上发帖；突出；显眼；窥视；偷看；看见；（蜂王）发出尖细声；突出,显眼
to make or cause to make a short sound with a horn or whistle
可作及物或不及物：作不及物指发出声音，作及物指使（喇叭、哨子）发声。
突出,显眼
To stand out, or be prominent.
窥视；仔细看
To peep; to look narrowly.
看到；侦察
To see; to spy.
发出喇叭或哨子的声音
To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
使喇叭或哨子发出声音
To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
蜂王在某些发育阶段发出的高音
Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
在Mastodon实例上发布消息
To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
一般现在时
He toots his horn every morning.
他每天早上按喇叭。
一般过去时
She tooted the car horn twice.
她按了两次汽车喇叭。
现在进行时
The driver is tooting impatiently.
司机正不耐烦地按喇叭。
规则动词，过去式加-ed。
The train tooted its horn as it entered the station.
火车进站时鸣响了喇叭。
用法提示：“toot”在此作及物动词，意为“使喇叭发出嘟嘟声”。
The driver tooted the horn impatiently at the slow truck ahead.
司机不耐烦地对前面慢吞吞的卡车按响了喇叭。
用法提示：此处“toot”带宾语“the horn”，表示按喇叭发出短促响声。
At the party, the little plastic horn tooted every time someone blew into it.
聚会上，那只小塑料喇叭每次有人吹它，就会发出嘟嘟声。
用法提示：此句用不及物用法，“toot”表示喇叭自身发出嘟嘟声。
及物用法：toot 后接 horn、whistle 等宾语，表示使喇叭或哨子发声。
She tooted the horn twice at the crossing.
她在路口按了两次喇叭。
不及物用法：以喇叭、哨子等作主语，表示发出嘟嘟声。
The whistle tooted as the train pulled out.
火车驶出时，哨子嘟嘟作响。
grammar · medium
易错句子The driver tooted horn to warn the pedestrian.
正确表达The driver tooted the horn to warn the pedestrian.
horn 是可数名词单数，前面必须有冠词或限定词；汉语“按喇叭”没有冠词，不能直接搬到英语里。加上 the 后特指汽车喇叭，句子才合乎语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子An owl tooted in the tree last night.
正确表达An owl hooted in the tree last night.
toot 表示喇叭、哨子等发出的短促响声，不用于猫头鹰的叫声；猫头鹰叫用 hoot。这里是把“鸣叫”类声音词混用了。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has toot the horn twice.
正确表达He has tooted the horn twice.
现在完成时 has 后要用过去分词；toot 的过去分词是 tooted，不是原形 toot。汉语动词不变形，容易漏掉 -ed。
honk 主要指汽车喇叭低沉响亮的鸣声，也指鹅叫；toot 指短促的喇叭或哨子声，声音较轻较高，也可用于火车、玩具喇叭等。
hoot 可指猫头鹰叫、大笑，也可指低沉悠长的喇叭或汽笛声（英式英语中常见）；toot 指短促、较高、常重复的喇叭或哨音，不用于鸟叫或笑声。
tout 与 toot 拼写相近、发音易混，但 tout 表示兜售、推销或吹捧；toot 表示吹喇叭或哨子发出短音。
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