whisht

感叹词 intj.

英文释义

感叹词 intj.
  1. Shush, silence, be quiet! Ireland,Northumbria,Scotland,UK,especially
    — “You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]”
  2. A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

词形变化

wheesht alternative weesht alternative whish alternative whist alternative

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词源

From Middle English qwyst, whisht, whist, imitative, though perhaps influenced by other verbs in wh- used in the imperative or by hust (adjective).
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