whistle down the wind

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose. transitive
    — Can he do nothing for his Burns but make a Gauger of him; lionise him, bedinner him, for a foolish while: then whistle him down the wind, to desperation and bitter death?
  2. To badmouth someone or something; to disparage. transitive
    — It is very easy for you to whistle down the wind an eligible partner. There are far too many of us who can only wish we might have had the choice!
  3. To talk to no purpose.

词形变化

whistles down the wind present,singular,third-person whistling down the wind participle,present whistled down the wind participle,past whistled down the wind past
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