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

• The anomalous character of large polar distance dipole-dipole resistivity sounding in tunnel is calculated and discussed in this paper.
  本文着重计算和讨论坑道内大极距偶极-偶极测深异常特征。
• A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.
  一只气球爆裂了，听着像是枪响。
• I find this hard to say without sounding condescending, but. I'm proud of you.
  我发现我很难不用长辈的口吻说，但是我以你为傲！
• These words are a bit too literary sounding.
  这些话书卷气重了点儿。
• He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict
  他正在探询中东国家的政府要如何解决这次冲突。
• I use the Internet as the sounding board of my advocacy, thoughts, dreams and success.
  我用互联网来试探我的主张、思想、梦想和成功。
• Yes, this is the Sounding Sand Bay.
  对啊，这里就是响沙湾。
• 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。
• 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。
• Application Research of Multi-beam Sounding System in Underwater Topographic Survey
  多波束测深系统在水下地形测量中的应用研究