柯林斯詞典sounding /?sa?nd??/ (soundings) 1. N-SING The sounding of a bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a sound. (鈴或號的)發(fā)聲['the' N 'of' n] There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal. 從第一個空襲警報(bào)到警報(bào)解除號音其間有15分鐘。2. N-COUNT If you take soundings, you try to find out people's opinions on a subject. 對某人意見的征詢[usu pl] She will take soundings of the people's wishes before deciding on a course of action. 她會在決定行動方針之前征詢一下大家的意愿。3. N the act or process of measuring depth of water or examining the bottom of a river, lake, etc, as with a sounding line (測量水深或檢測水底的)探通術(shù)4. ADJ resounding; resonant 回響的; 回蕩的 返回 sounding