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1. Oxford Dictionary

   sing

   • IPA[sɪŋ]

   英式

   • v.
     make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune；perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice
   • n.
     an act or spell of singing；a meeting for amateur singing.

   • verb: sing, 3rd person present: sings, gerund or present participle: singing, past tense: sang, past participle: sung

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune Bella sang to the baby 同義詞 chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, ... 更多warble, trill, pipe, quaver, yodel, render, perform, informalbelt out, raretroll
   • ▪ perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice I asked her to sing some carols 同義詞 chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, ... 更多warble, trill, pipe, quaver, yodel, render, perform, informalbelt out, raretroll
   • ▪ sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music we sing along to all the songs
   • ▪ call something out loudly he sang out a greeting 同義詞 call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, ... 更多yell, trumpet, bellow, roar, informalholler, cooee
   • ▪ (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds the birds were singing in the trees 同義詞 warble, trill, twitter, chirp, chirrup, ... 更多cheep, peep
   • 2. make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound the kettle was beginning to sing
   • ▪ (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise a stinging slap that made my ear sing
   • 3. informal act as an informer to the police as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary 同義詞 inform (on someone), tell tales (on someone), informalsqueal, rat on someone, blow the whistle on someone, ... 更多peach (on someone), snitch (on someone), put the finger on someone, sell someone down the river, grass (on someone), shop someone, rat someone out, finger someone, fink on someone, drop a/the dime on someone, pimp on someone
   • 4. recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature poetry should sing the variety of the human race these poets sing of the American experience
   • ▪ archaic compose poetry he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. informal an act or spell of singing we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing a sponsored sing to pay for the theatre
   • ▪ informal a meeting for amateur singing.

   片語

   • all-singing, all-dancing
   • sing a different tune
   • sing from the same hymn sheet
   • sing in the new year
   • sing out the old year
   • sing someone to sleep