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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   sound

   • IPA[sound]

   美式

   • v.
     ascertain (the depth of water), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes；examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe.
   • n.
     a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end.

   • verb: sound, 3rd person present: sounds, gerund or present participle: sounding, past tense: sounded, past participle: sounded

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. ascertain (the depth of water), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes Mr. Pattison was sounding the depth of the water with a pole
   • ▪ examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe.
   • 2. question (someone), typically in a cautious or discreet way, as to their opinions or feelings on a subject we'll sound out our representatives first
   • ▪ inquire into (someone's opinions of feelings) in a cautious way officials arrived to sound out public opinion at meetings in factories
   • 3. (especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth he sounded, arching his back steeply and raising his rubbery flukes in the air

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end.