sounding

英 [ˈsaʊndɪŋ]

美 [ˈsaʊndɪŋ]

n.  意见调查; 征询意见; 水深测量
v.  听起来好像; 让人听着好像; 听起来…的; (使)发出声音，响
sound的现在分词

复数：soundings　现在分词：sounding　

BNC.14059 / COCA.16361

牛津词典

noun

• 意见调查；征询意见
  careful questions that are asked in order to find out people's opinions about sth
  1. They will take soundings among party members.
     他们将在党员中间征询意见。
  2. What do your soundings show?
     你的调查结果如何？
• 水深测量
  a measurement that is made to find out how deep water is
  1. They took soundings along the canal.
     他们沿运河测量了水深。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （铃或号的）发声，鸣响
  The sounding ofa bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a sound.
  1. There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal.
     第一次空袭警报和空袭警报解除信号之间间隔了 15 分钟。
• N-COUNT （收集或征询的）意见
  If you takesoundings, you try to find out people's opinions on a subject.
  1. She will take soundings of the people's wishes before deciding on a course of action.
     在决定行动方针之前，她会对人们的愿望作一番调查。

双语例句

• She's got a lovely way with language without ever sounding ostentatious.
  她的语言优美，丝毫无装腔作势之感。
• All these definitions, while sounding impressive, do not stand up under close scrutiny
  所有这些定义虽然听上去煞有其事，但都经不起推敲。
• These words are a bit too literary sounding.
  这些话书卷气重了点儿。
• A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.
  一只气球爆裂了，听着像是枪响。
• He had a way of sounding so sincere. It made me warm and tingly
  他的话听起来总是十分诚恳，让我感到既温暖又舒心。
• Meanwhile, some problems on upper air sounding balloon that should be solved at present are pointed out.
  同时指出了目前高空探测气球应解决的若干问题。
• At the risk of sounding silly, have you checked it's plugged in?
  尽管这听起来有点傻，但你最好还是检查一下插头插好了吗？
• Abstract: transient electromagnetic sounding is a prospecting method for accurate exploration developing rapidly recent years.
  文摘：瞬变电磁测深是近年来发展较快的电磁勘探方法，是实现精确勘探的一个突破点。
• The influence of current leakage from horizontal electric dipole on frequency electromagnetic sounding data was studied in this paper.
  研究了频率域电磁测深中水平电偶源漏电对观测数据的影响。
• Max sighed, sounding even more downhearted
  马克斯叹了口气，听上去更沮丧了。