Definition of sing in English:

sing

verbsung, sang sɪŋsɪŋ

1no object Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
唱，唱歌
Bella sang to the baby
贝拉唱歌给婴儿听。
Example sentencesExamples
- Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself.
- Deborah sings almost everything between Mozart and Maxwell Davies, and has a lovely voice!
- In parallel to her opera career, she also sang for Handel in the oratorio seasons.
- And those closing strains die away, and the finale begins, a faint chorus of distant voices singing in unison, the orchestra silent.
- I sang in tune but couldn't harmonize with the players, couldn't memorize the lyrics and I had no rhythm.
- At some time in their lives, they've played the piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello and sung in choirs.
- Their range and tessitura increases and, with training, children are singing well over an octave in tune and in time by the end of first grade.
- Every time this folk singer sings in her guttural voice, she draws a motley audience around her courtyard.
- Bickley's slightly edgy tone, combined with a warm voice, works well in this music; she sings with a good line and a nice feel for Handel's style.
- Even if other voices joined the bass in some or all of the verses, a low adult male voice certainly sang throughout, as if to underscore the psalm's sombre mood.
- Listen to how slowly, how deliberately John McCormack sang, caressing each word.
- In contrast, the countertenors of the past sang in full voice, resorting to falsetto only at the high range.
- Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo.
- A few can sing in tune before the age of two, while some studies suggest that children may able to respond to music even before they are born.
- She always turned up on time and sang with full voice - but only in Italian, regarding other languages as unmusical.
- She played it to the hilt as an over-inebriated soprano trying to sing in an operetta.
- The Dresden State Orchestra turns in their usual fine playing here and the Saxon State Opera Chorus sings splendidly, as well.
- He didn't pay much attention to anything but the rainy road until he heard a soft voice singing with the chorus.
- This opens strikingly with the high voices singing unaccompanied in unison.
- Make a tape of your own voice talking or singing to the baby.
Synonyms
chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver
1. 1.1with object Perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice.
  演唱（歌曲，歌词，曲调）
  I asked her to sing some carols
  Example sentencesExamples
  To add to the atmosphere, members of Newport Choir and friends sang carols and Christmas songs under the Christmas Tree.
  She could hear lots of laughter, endless and melodious, mingling with sweet beautiful music and songs sung by heavenly voices.
  I love being able to sing carols and Christmas songs.
  After a dramatic recitative which Genaux sings with some interesting vocal color, the aria is as light and as refreshing as a cool breeze.
  The psalmist sings this song of God's love and faithfulness to the great congregation.
  And they sang hymns and patriotic songs and show tunes and everything.
  They revived the handbell choir, answering God's invitation to sing a new song.
  Many of the performers sang labor songs of the 1930s, civil rights songs of the 1960s, peace songs of many decades.
  We were singing songs from a musical called Phantom of the Opera.
  We enjoyed each other's company and sang songs to God.
  It became the song sung by Stephen repeating God's proclamation that redemption is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
  After a couple of songs the members sang ditties from the latest movies.
  Also on Saturday the Calne Choral Society will be singing Haydn's Nelson Mass at John Bentley School at 7.30 pm.
  As scary as it is for me I love it because I can look out and see everybody singing the song word for word.
  These students, especially, should be encouraged to sing aloud the words of the pieces in their method books simultaneously with their playing.
  Pupils at Ruskin Junior School sang carols and songs.
  Withers has a beautiful tone but she hides behind this, allowing it to speak over the words she is singing.
  As I write this, forty years later, I've signed up to sing that very chorus with my local symphony this year.
  The prize item was Debussy's Proses Lyriques, four songs set to the composer's own poetry and for some reason not often sung in recital.
  He sang folk songs and show tunes like Maria, a big favourite in the Soviet Union.
  Synonyms
  chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver
2. 1.2sing along Sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music.
  随着唱；跟着唱
  we sing along to all the songs
  Example sentencesExamples
  Because when people used to singing in harmonies start to sing along, they sing along in harmony.
  I shook my head in tune with the music, singing along with it at the top of my lungs.
  All that's missing are the lyrics, but true fans of the music can sing along instead.
  She couldn't make herself sing along with the music that was playing through the receiver.
  You do not need a music background for singing along with video karaoke.
  Usually when I feel depressed, I just listen to music and sing along to the songs.
  The stage was closer than she had expected and everyone was singing along with the music.
  He kept the door open, and was outside in the hall singing along with the music.
  I was too busy singing along quietly to the music which was swelling up from a speaker at the front of the bus.
  Tommy sings along to the music, reaching a gold framed mirror above the fireplace on the last beat.
  She could hear Chloe singing along to the music, and she wondered if she had woken up in a dream.
  Eventually, everyone sang along with the flowing melody while moving about the room in syncopation.
  People like to sing along with music discs, or at least they like to know all the words.
  The audience joined in the banter and sang along to musical hall songs.
  My feel my eyes widen when she sings along to the music in perfect pitch.
  Eccentric behavior in unlikely settings: in Ghost Dog, for example, a Mafia boss admires rap music and sings along with it.
  She was singing along to some Celtic music belting out from her stereo.
  From what he could hear, there was now an extra voice singing along with the music.
  I stomped around and laughed while she wiggled, pranced and sang along to the music like all the other teenagers.
  Stan began to sing along with the music, but fell short of knowing more than a few lines of each song.
3. 1.3sing something outwith object Call something out loudly.
  he sang out a greeting
  他大声打招呼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As they neared the quay, youthful voices sang out a greeting.
  Is there anything more serious than joy, the dangerous freedom of singing it out?
  Synonyms
  call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, yell, trumpet, bellow, roar
  informal holler, cooee
4. 1.4 (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds.
  （鸟）啼，鸣
  the birds were singing in the trees
  鸟儿在栗子树上鸣叫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The birds in the trees sang happily to her as she walked along, praising God with as much vigor and thankfulness as they could muster.
  There are no bombs in this world; the sounds are just of tree growing and birds singing.
  Big-city noise levels prompt birds to sing louder in order to be heard by other birds over the din, according to research by German ornithologists.
  Tall, thick-branched trees surrounded her and there was nothing but the sounds of the birds singing amidst the trees.
  The first time I've seen you know I've heard some birds singing in the trees.
  The sounds of morning birds singing and chirping cheerfully could be heard all around.
  Like most birds, zebra finches sing as the sun rises.
  The sun was shining, birds were singing and the aromatic scent of flowers and trees hung in the air.
  Taking a walk in the woods while the birds chirp and sing, lounging on the beach listening to the waves roll in and out along the shore… I could go on and on.
  The wind stopped whistling through the trees, the birds stopped singing, and time seemed to just stand still.
  Another morning, bright and clear in every direction, birds chirped and sung in the trees, but none flew this day.
  The birds were singing and animals were chattering all over the forest.
  In summer, the area seems full of energy, with birds singing, flowers blooming and trees reflected in the beautiful water of the lake.
  The bird began to sing still more melodically, and then fluttered its wings and flew from its branch, hovering just out of Bogo's reach.
  Do birds really sing or do they just open their mouths when the sound comes out?
  The birds were chirping and singing gaily as they came in.
  He had opened the hotel window and a nice breeze was coming off the ocean, the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees.
  The quiet settled in like a warm blanket, no birds sang, no crickets chirped.
  However he did get his wish as now he rests under the tall trees where the birds sing in Tourlestrane churchyard.
  Birds were singing, insects were chirping, and people could be heard talking in their homes.
  Synonyms
  warble, trill, twitter, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep
2no object Make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound.
呜呜作响；发出嗡嗡声
the kettle was beginning to sing
水壶开始呜呜作响。
Example sentencesExamples
- Dad tunes the Kingswood once a month like a classical musician would tune his violin, and the engine sings.
- Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes.
1. 2.1 (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise.
  （人耳）鸣
  a stinging slap that made my ear sing
  使我耳鸣的狠狠一巴掌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I turned the engine off again and, while my ears sang, I decided that it was perhaps advisable to fit the exhausts after all.
  Synonyms
  hum, drone, bumble, whir, fizz, fuzz, hiss, murmur, whisper
3informal no object Act as an informer to the police.
〈非正式〉（向警方）告密
as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary
Example sentencesExamples
- And she is singing like a canary about the out-of-sync lip synch incident.
Synonyms
inform (on someone), tell tales (on someone)
informal squeal, rat on someone, blow the whistle on someone, peach (on someone), snitch (on someone), put the finger on someone, sell someone down the river
British informal grass (on someone), shop someone
North American informal rat someone out, finger someone, fink on someone, drop a/the dime on someone
Australian informal pimp on someone
4with object Recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature.
（尤指用诗歌等文学作品）描述；歌颂，赞颂
poetry should sing the variety of the human race
诗歌应该歌颂人类的奇妙和丰富多采。
no object these poets sing of the American experience
这些诗人赞美了北美的经历。
Example sentencesExamples
- Think of all the things Sinatra ever sang of.
- I have sung of women in three cities, they are all the same.
Synonyms
praise, laud, extol, glorify, eulogize, reverence, honour, pay tribute to, pay homage to, salute, hymn
1. 4.1archaic no object Compose poetry.
  〈古〉作诗
  he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme
  Example sentencesExamples
  He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.

noun sɪŋsɪŋ

informal

1An act or spell of singing.
〈非正式〉唱歌；演唱
we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing
a sponsored sing to pay for the theatre
Example sentencesExamples
- Film sings have supplanted folk music in the lives of common people.
- Everyone likes to have a sing - joining a choir of 30+ members is just the next step.
1. 1.1US A meeting for amateur singing.
  〈美〉业余演唱会
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was toward the end of that job, about fifteen years after leaving the army, that Allie went to a sing at a nearby reservation.

Phrases

all-singing, all-dancing

informal Having a large number and variety of impressive features.
〈英，非正式〉具有各种鲜明特征的
your PC will become the all-singing, all-dancing box the salesman claimed it would be
Example sentencesExamples
- Ryan continues in his quest to be all-singing, all-dancing, and still has time for fights at poker games.
- They wanted this all-singing, all-dancing device with features they weren't going to use anyway.
- Umoja is the sort of narrative-less, all-singing, all-dancing, all-kitchen-sink extravaganza that comes critic-proof on arrival.
- The event, held at the Albert Halls as the finale of Bolton Festival, featured 30 all-singing, all-dancing youngsters aged 11 to 17.
- It's all-singing, all-dancing and it has a lot of heart.
- As the all-singing, all-dancing, no-nonsense nanny, Laura has stepped into one of her biggest roles in the very first stage musical to be based on the original 1934 book.
- Other errors and omissions will arise from the fact that the all-singing, all-dancing, all-watching police database is not yet with us, and will not be with us for some time yet.
- We can work with small groups through to an all-singing, all-dancing literally major event involving thousands of people.
- Each begins with the process of drawing, but operates with an awareness that unless it's all-singing, all-dancing or playing some kind of visual trick, we might not bother to look closely.
- And if so, look no further than this all-singing, all-dancing, all-credit-card-maxing shopping special.

sing a different tune (or song)

Change one's opinion about or attitude towards someone or something.
改变（对某人或某物的）看法（或态度）
Example sentencesExamples
- As one who's been at the battlefront, angrily detailing Hollywood's outrages against women for these many years, it's a relief to be singing a different tune and hoping the music lasts.
- On Friday, workers sang a different tune from the previous sounds of confrontation.
- But these days, the businessman mayor is singing a different tune.
- And he is already singing a different tune on key environmental, defence and foreign affairs issues he once passionately advocated.
- But we expect he'll be singing a different tune if they take him at his word.
- With his sights on the top job as prime minister, he's singing a different tune.
- Less than two years ago he was singing a different tune.
- ‘Just wait until you and Tyler are married,’ replied John, ‘then you'll sing a different tune.’
- But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later.
- Now when they go back into their communities they will sing a different tune.

sing from the same hymn (or song) sheet

informal Present a united front in public by not disagreeing with one another.
〈英，非正式〉口径一致
they want the cabinet all singing from the same hymn sheet
Example sentencesExamples
- He said: ‘Everyone has been extremely welcoming and it is good to work with a board who are all singing from the same hymn sheet.’
- But in their very different ways they are singing from the same song sheet and it didn't take them long to convince me that Scotland's bid is logical, ethical and well - conceived.
- Firefighters are a unique lot, all singing from the same song sheet, and I am definitely going to miss it.
- My counter argument, if there were an all loving; all understanding supreme Omnipresence; then all mankind would be singing from the same hymn sheet.
- That's fine as far as it goes but only if they are all singing from the same song sheet.
- Partnership only works when everyone sings from the same hymn sheet and the financial benefits of the venture still need to be explained to the tourism industry.
- We are both singing from the same hymn sheet and I see no problems in selecting the squad together but once the game is underway then I will be in charge.
- He has the same type of approach we have and it is like we are singing from the same hymn sheet.
- But an across-the-board framework is needed to ensure that some consistency is achieved and that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet.
- The important thing is that we are singing from the same hymn sheet.

sing in (or out) the new (or old) year

Celebrate the new year (or the end of the previous year) with singing.
用歌声辞旧迎新
Example sentencesExamples
- As the ball drops, and the huge firework displays explodes in the sky, you will join in the spirit of the night as everyone sings in the new year with the traditional ‘Auld Lang Syne!’
- Jim will be singing in the new year in Perth's beautiful new concert hall - a traditional evening's entertainment with no weather worries!
- These are the words to Auld Lang Syne sung on Hogmanay when the bells chime and everyone crosses arms to sing in the new year.
- The closing session, singing in the new year at midnight was like watching 23,000 people Praise the Lord and swing from the chandeliers at the same time.
- It is said she was determined to respond positively to each request, and in a whirlwind tour, sang in the new year several times in several messes, only returning to her base in the early hours.
- Most of my colleagues stayed up and sang in the new year, but I was sound asleep.
- Of course, The Mountain Quartet will also offer a concert New Year's eve, and we'll all be singing in the new year by candlelight.
- Numerous musicians and bands were performing throughout the area - singing out the old year and singing in the new!
- As the courthouse clock bells chime in the New Year, and the flame is passed from person to person, we become a community of friends and neighbors, singing in the new year together.
- I certainly didn't think I would be standing on a mountain top in the middle of a paddock singing in the new year with 16 Indian boys I'd never meet before.

sing someone to sleep

Cause someone to fall asleep by singing gently to them.
唱歌哄某人入睡
Example sentencesExamples
- Ruby played her eldest daughter records by Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington and would teach her the lyrics and sing her to sleep with their songs at night.
- I sing him to sleep most nights, old habit since he was little and I see no reason to change it.
- Like a whisper of a dream, she could still recall the sound of her mother's voice as she would sing them to sleep.
- But Terry does remember his grandfather singing him to sleep as a baby-but it's very vague.
- I'd fallen asleep next my son, as I often sing him to sleep.
- While in the hospital she visited and spent time with people on the wards, if she heard anyone crying at might she would go to them and sing them to sleep… she had the most wonderful voice.
- She is filled with premarital fears, and her mother takes charge and as she comforts and encourages her daughter, sings her to sleep whilst Alice is cuddling her childhood toy, a rabbit.
- And the stupid thing about it all, is that I keep remembering this one good memory of him singing me to sleep!
- I think you would have liked to have a mama sing you to sleep.
- I could imagine his soothing voice singing me to sleep.

Derivatives

singable

adjective ˈsɪŋəb(ə)lˈsɪŋəb(ə)l

The tunes were perfectly suited for FM Radio, and riddled with major chord-laden hooks, and melodic, singable choruses.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sallee's arrangements are simple, singable and make it easy to teach adherence to the printed page.
- Too many bands claiming experimental status eventually break out at least a few of rock's conventions - a power chord here, a singable chorus there.
- Vecchi composed some excellent church music, but his fame rests on his light madrigals and canzonettas, written in an eminently singable and attractive style.
- It's a great mix of heavy melodies played with soft distortion resulting in big, anthemic songs that are singable without being too poppy.

singingly

adverb

The phrases unfold singingly, and her metaphors have a persuasive logic.
Example sentencesExamples
- Though undeniably talented, Martin exhibits a hesitant sense of what separates the singingly oral from the stodgily ordinary.
- The skaldic poetry was presumably recited half singingly and without instrumental accompaniment.
- The concerto poses a special difficulty in that its final two movements are both marked Andante, one to be played singingly, the other with pretty grace.
- They range from singingly chivalric to the unaffected generous, pleasurable additions to the lighter repertoire.

Origin

Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen.

song from Old English:
The Old English words sing and song are from the same ancient root. The phrase to sing for your supper, ‘to derive a benefit or favour by providing a service in return’, derives from the nursery rhyme Little Tommy Tucker: ‘Little Tommy Tucker / Sings for his supper; / What shall we give him? / White bread and butter.’ If something is on sale for a song it is being sold very cheaply. This expression may come from the old practice of selling written copies of ballads at fairs. You could also say for an old song, perhaps because you would be likely to pay much less for an old ballad sheet than for a recent one. The phrase was popularized in the 1970s when Going for a Song was used as the title of a television quiz show in which teams had to guess the date and value of antiques. If you make a song and dance about something you cause a fuss or commotion or, in American English, give a long explanation that is deliberately misleading or confusing. In 17th-century America a ‘song and dance’ referred to a form of entertainment later applied to a vaudeville act. The modern senses developed around the turn of the 20th century. See also all

Rhymes

Beijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wing, wring, Xining, zing

Definition of sing in US English:

sing

verbsɪŋsiNG

1no object Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
唱，唱歌
Bella sang to the baby
贝拉唱歌给婴儿听。
Example sentencesExamples
- Every time this folk singer sings in her guttural voice, she draws a motley audience around her courtyard.
- She always turned up on time and sang with full voice - but only in Italian, regarding other languages as unmusical.
- This opens strikingly with the high voices singing unaccompanied in unison.
- In contrast, the countertenors of the past sang in full voice, resorting to falsetto only at the high range.
- Their range and tessitura increases and, with training, children are singing well over an octave in tune and in time by the end of first grade.
- The Dresden State Orchestra turns in their usual fine playing here and the Saxon State Opera Chorus sings splendidly, as well.
- Bickley's slightly edgy tone, combined with a warm voice, works well in this music; she sings with a good line and a nice feel for Handel's style.
- He didn't pay much attention to anything but the rainy road until he heard a soft voice singing with the chorus.
- Make a tape of your own voice talking or singing to the baby.
- She played it to the hilt as an over-inebriated soprano trying to sing in an operetta.
- Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself.
- At some time in their lives, they've played the piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello and sung in choirs.
- And those closing strains die away, and the finale begins, a faint chorus of distant voices singing in unison, the orchestra silent.
- Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo.
- A few can sing in tune before the age of two, while some studies suggest that children may able to respond to music even before they are born.
- I sang in tune but couldn't harmonize with the players, couldn't memorize the lyrics and I had no rhythm.
- Deborah sings almost everything between Mozart and Maxwell Davies, and has a lovely voice!
- Listen to how slowly, how deliberately John McCormack sang, caressing each word.
- Even if other voices joined the bass in some or all of the verses, a low adult male voice certainly sang throughout, as if to underscore the psalm's sombre mood.
- In parallel to her opera career, she also sang for Handel in the oratorio seasons.
Synonyms
chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver
1. 1.1with object Perform (a song, words, or tune) with the voice.
  演唱（歌曲，歌词，曲调）
  someone started singing “God Bless America”
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many of the performers sang labor songs of the 1930s, civil rights songs of the 1960s, peace songs of many decades.
  After a couple of songs the members sang ditties from the latest movies.
  To add to the atmosphere, members of Newport Choir and friends sang carols and Christmas songs under the Christmas Tree.
  The psalmist sings this song of God's love and faithfulness to the great congregation.
  The prize item was Debussy's Proses Lyriques, four songs set to the composer's own poetry and for some reason not often sung in recital.
  Also on Saturday the Calne Choral Society will be singing Haydn's Nelson Mass at John Bentley School at 7.30 pm.
  As scary as it is for me I love it because I can look out and see everybody singing the song word for word.
  It became the song sung by Stephen repeating God's proclamation that redemption is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
  And they sang hymns and patriotic songs and show tunes and everything.
  Withers has a beautiful tone but she hides behind this, allowing it to speak over the words she is singing.
  Pupils at Ruskin Junior School sang carols and songs.
  These students, especially, should be encouraged to sing aloud the words of the pieces in their method books simultaneously with their playing.
  She could hear lots of laughter, endless and melodious, mingling with sweet beautiful music and songs sung by heavenly voices.
  As I write this, forty years later, I've signed up to sing that very chorus with my local symphony this year.
  After a dramatic recitative which Genaux sings with some interesting vocal color, the aria is as light and as refreshing as a cool breeze.
  They revived the handbell choir, answering God's invitation to sing a new song.
  We enjoyed each other's company and sang songs to God.
  I love being able to sing carols and Christmas songs.
  We were singing songs from a musical called Phantom of the Opera.
  He sang folk songs and show tunes like Maria, a big favourite in the Soviet Union.
  Synonyms
  chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver
2. 1.2sing along Sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music.
  随着唱；跟着唱
  Example sentencesExamples
  Eccentric behavior in unlikely settings: in Ghost Dog, for example, a Mafia boss admires rap music and sings along with it.
  The audience joined in the banter and sang along to musical hall songs.
  People like to sing along with music discs, or at least they like to know all the words.
  I was too busy singing along quietly to the music which was swelling up from a speaker at the front of the bus.
  Because when people used to singing in harmonies start to sing along, they sing along in harmony.
  I shook my head in tune with the music, singing along with it at the top of my lungs.
  She was singing along to some Celtic music belting out from her stereo.
  She couldn't make herself sing along with the music that was playing through the receiver.
  Stan began to sing along with the music, but fell short of knowing more than a few lines of each song.
  Usually when I feel depressed, I just listen to music and sing along to the songs.
  She could hear Chloe singing along to the music, and she wondered if she had woken up in a dream.
  All that's missing are the lyrics, but true fans of the music can sing along instead.
  You do not need a music background for singing along with video karaoke.
  He kept the door open, and was outside in the hall singing along with the music.
  From what he could hear, there was now an extra voice singing along with the music.
  Eventually, everyone sang along with the flowing melody while moving about the room in syncopation.
  Tommy sings along to the music, reaching a gold framed mirror above the fireplace on the last beat.
  I stomped around and laughed while she wiggled, pranced and sang along to the music like all the other teenagers.
  My feel my eyes widen when she sings along to the music in perfect pitch.
  The stage was closer than she had expected and everyone was singing along with the music.
3. 1.3sing something out Call something out loudly; shout.
  大声叫喊
  he sang out a greeting
  他大声打招呼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As they neared the quay, youthful voices sang out a greeting.
  Is there anything more serious than joy, the dangerous freedom of singing it out?
  Synonyms
  call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, yell, trumpet, bellow, roar
4. 1.4 (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds.
  （鸟）啼，鸣
  the birds were singing in the chestnut trees
  鸟儿在栗子树上鸣叫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The sounds of morning birds singing and chirping cheerfully could be heard all around.
  The birds in the trees sang happily to her as she walked along, praising God with as much vigor and thankfulness as they could muster.
  However he did get his wish as now he rests under the tall trees where the birds sing in Tourlestrane churchyard.
  Tall, thick-branched trees surrounded her and there was nothing but the sounds of the birds singing amidst the trees.
  He had opened the hotel window and a nice breeze was coming off the ocean, the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees.
  The birds were chirping and singing gaily as they came in.
  Like most birds, zebra finches sing as the sun rises.
  Do birds really sing or do they just open their mouths when the sound comes out?
  The quiet settled in like a warm blanket, no birds sang, no crickets chirped.
  The sun was shining, birds were singing and the aromatic scent of flowers and trees hung in the air.
  Birds were singing, insects were chirping, and people could be heard talking in their homes.
  There are no bombs in this world; the sounds are just of tree growing and birds singing.
  Taking a walk in the woods while the birds chirp and sing, lounging on the beach listening to the waves roll in and out along the shore… I could go on and on.
  Big-city noise levels prompt birds to sing louder in order to be heard by other birds over the din, according to research by German ornithologists.
  The bird began to sing still more melodically, and then fluttered its wings and flew from its branch, hovering just out of Bogo's reach.
  The birds were singing and animals were chattering all over the forest.
  In summer, the area seems full of energy, with birds singing, flowers blooming and trees reflected in the beautiful water of the lake.
  Another morning, bright and clear in every direction, birds chirped and sung in the trees, but none flew this day.
  The first time I've seen you know I've heard some birds singing in the trees.
  The wind stopped whistling through the trees, the birds stopped singing, and time seemed to just stand still.
  Synonyms
  warble, trill, twitter, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep
2no object Make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound.
呜呜作响；发出嗡嗡声
the kettle was beginning to sing
水壶开始呜呜作响。
Example sentencesExamples
- Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes.
- Dad tunes the Kingswood once a month like a classical musician would tune his violin, and the engine sings.
1. 2.1 (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the aftereffect of a blow or loud noise.
  （人耳）鸣
  a stinging slap that made my ear sing
  使我耳鸣的狠狠一巴掌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I turned the engine off again and, while my ears sang, I decided that it was perhaps advisable to fit the exhausts after all.
  Synonyms
  hum, drone, bumble, whir, fizz, fuzz, hiss, murmur, whisper
3informal no object Act as an informer to the police.
〈非正式〉（向警方）告密
as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary
Example sentencesExamples
- And she is singing like a canary about the out-of-sync lip synch incident.
Synonyms
inform, inform on someone, tell tales, tell tales on someone
4with object Recount or celebrate in a work of literature, especially poetry.
（尤指用诗歌等文学作品）描述；歌颂，赞颂
poetry should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race
诗歌应该歌颂人类的奇妙和丰富多采。
no object these poets sing of the North American experience
这些诗人赞美了北美的经历。
Example sentencesExamples
- Think of all the things Sinatra ever sang of.
- I have sung of women in three cities, they are all the same.
Synonyms
praise, laud, extol, glorify, eulogize, reverence, honour, pay tribute to, pay homage to, salute, hymn
1. 4.1archaic Compose poetry.
  〈古〉作诗
  Example sentencesExamples
  He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.

nounsɪŋsiNG

informal

1An act or spell of singing.
〈非正式〉唱歌；演唱
Example sentencesExamples
- Film sings have supplanted folk music in the lives of common people.
- Everyone likes to have a sing - joining a choir of 30+ members is just the next step.
1. 1.1US A meeting for amateur singing.
  〈美〉业余演唱会
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was toward the end of that job, about fifteen years after leaving the army, that Allie went to a sing at a nearby reservation.

Phrases

sing a different tune (or song)

Change one's opinion about or attitude toward someone or something.
改变（对某人或某物的）看法（或态度）
Example sentencesExamples
- As one who's been at the battlefront, angrily detailing Hollywood's outrages against women for these many years, it's a relief to be singing a different tune and hoping the music lasts.
- ‘Just wait until you and Tyler are married,’ replied John, ‘then you'll sing a different tune.’
- Less than two years ago he was singing a different tune.
- But these days, the businessman mayor is singing a different tune.
- On Friday, workers sang a different tune from the previous sounds of confrontation.
- With his sights on the top job as prime minister, he's singing a different tune.
- And he is already singing a different tune on key environmental, defence and foreign affairs issues he once passionately advocated.
- Now when they go back into their communities they will sing a different tune.
- But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later.
- But we expect he'll be singing a different tune if they take him at his word.

sing someone to sleep

Cause someone to fall asleep by singing gently to them.
唱歌哄某人入睡
Example sentencesExamples
- I think you would have liked to have a mama sing you to sleep.
- She is filled with premarital fears, and her mother takes charge and as she comforts and encourages her daughter, sings her to sleep whilst Alice is cuddling her childhood toy, a rabbit.
- While in the hospital she visited and spent time with people on the wards, if she heard anyone crying at might she would go to them and sing them to sleep… she had the most wonderful voice.
- I'd fallen asleep next my son, as I often sing him to sleep.
- But Terry does remember his grandfather singing him to sleep as a baby-but it's very vague.
- Like a whisper of a dream, she could still recall the sound of her mother's voice as she would sing them to sleep.
- I could imagine his soothing voice singing me to sleep.
- Ruby played her eldest daughter records by Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington and would teach her the lyrics and sing her to sleep with their songs at night.
- And the stupid thing about it all, is that I keep remembering this one good memory of him singing me to sleep!
- I sing him to sleep most nights, old habit since he was little and I see no reason to change it.

Origin

Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen.

词汇	sing
释义	Definition of sing in English: sing verbsung, sang sɪŋsɪŋ 1no object Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune. 唱，唱歌 Bella sang to the baby 贝拉唱歌给婴儿听。 Example sentencesExamples Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself. Deborah sings almost everything between Mozart and Maxwell Davies, and has a lovely voice! In parallel to her opera career, she also sang for Handel in the oratorio seasons. And those closing strains die away, and the finale begins, a faint chorus of distant voices singing in unison, the orchestra silent. I sang in tune but couldn't harmonize with the players, couldn't memorize the lyrics and I had no rhythm. At some time in their lives, they've played the piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello and sung in choirs. Their range and tessitura increases and, with training, children are singing well over an octave in tune and in time by the end of first grade. Every time this folk singer sings in her guttural voice, she draws a motley audience around her courtyard. Bickley's slightly edgy tone, combined with a warm voice, works well in this music; she sings with a good line and a nice feel for Handel's style. Even if other voices joined the bass in some or all of the verses, a low adult male voice certainly sang throughout, as if to underscore the psalm's sombre mood. Listen to how slowly, how deliberately John McCormack sang, caressing each word. In contrast, the countertenors of the past sang in full voice, resorting to falsetto only at the high range. Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo. A few can sing in tune before the age of two, while some studies suggest that children may able to respond to music even before they are born. She always turned up on time and sang with full voice - but only in Italian, regarding other languages as unmusical. She played it to the hilt as an over-inebriated soprano trying to sing in an operetta. The Dresden State Orchestra turns in their usual fine playing here and the Saxon State Opera Chorus sings splendidly, as well. He didn't pay much attention to anything but the rainy road until he heard a soft voice singing with the chorus. This opens strikingly with the high voices singing unaccompanied in unison. Make a tape of your own voice talking or singing to the baby. Synonyms chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver 1.1with object Perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice. 演唱（歌曲，歌词，曲调） I asked her to sing some carols Example sentencesExamples To add to the atmosphere, members of Newport Choir and friends sang carols and Christmas songs under the Christmas Tree. She could hear lots of laughter, endless and melodious, mingling with sweet beautiful music and songs sung by heavenly voices. I love being able to sing carols and Christmas songs. After a dramatic recitative which Genaux sings with some interesting vocal color, the aria is as light and as refreshing as a cool breeze. The psalmist sings this song of God's love and faithfulness to the great congregation. And they sang hymns and patriotic songs and show tunes and everything. They revived the handbell choir, answering God's invitation to sing a new song. Many of the performers sang labor songs of the 1930s, civil rights songs of the 1960s, peace songs of many decades. We were singing songs from a musical called Phantom of the Opera. We enjoyed each other's company and sang songs to God. It became the song sung by Stephen repeating God's proclamation that redemption is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. After a couple of songs the members sang ditties from the latest movies. Also on Saturday the Calne Choral Society will be singing Haydn's Nelson Mass at John Bentley School at 7.30 pm. As scary as it is for me I love it because I can look out and see everybody singing the song word for word. These students, especially, should be encouraged to sing aloud the words of the pieces in their method books simultaneously with their playing. Pupils at Ruskin Junior School sang carols and songs. Withers has a beautiful tone but she hides behind this, allowing it to speak over the words she is singing. As I write this, forty years later, I've signed up to sing that very chorus with my local symphony this year. The prize item was Debussy's Proses Lyriques, four songs set to the composer's own poetry and for some reason not often sung in recital. He sang folk songs and show tunes like Maria, a big favourite in the Soviet Union. Synonyms chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver 1.2sing along Sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music. 随着唱；跟着唱 we sing along to all the songs Example sentencesExamples Because when people used to singing in harmonies start to sing along, they sing along in harmony. I shook my head in tune with the music, singing along with it at the top of my lungs. All that's missing are the lyrics, but true fans of the music can sing along instead. She couldn't make herself sing along with the music that was playing through the receiver. You do not need a music background for singing along with video karaoke. Usually when I feel depressed, I just listen to music and sing along to the songs. The stage was closer than she had expected and everyone was singing along with the music. He kept the door open, and was outside in the hall singing along with the music. I was too busy singing along quietly to the music which was swelling up from a speaker at the front of the bus. Tommy sings along to the music, reaching a gold framed mirror above the fireplace on the last beat. She could hear Chloe singing along to the music, and she wondered if she had woken up in a dream. Eventually, everyone sang along with the flowing melody while moving about the room in syncopation. People like to sing along with music discs, or at least they like to know all the words. The audience joined in the banter and sang along to musical hall songs. My feel my eyes widen when she sings along to the music in perfect pitch. Eccentric behavior in unlikely settings: in Ghost Dog, for example, a Mafia boss admires rap music and sings along with it. She was singing along to some Celtic music belting out from her stereo. From what he could hear, there was now an extra voice singing along with the music. I stomped around and laughed while she wiggled, pranced and sang along to the music like all the other teenagers. Stan began to sing along with the music, but fell short of knowing more than a few lines of each song. 1.3sing something outwith object Call something out loudly. he sang out a greeting 他大声打招呼。 Example sentencesExamples As they neared the quay, youthful voices sang out a greeting. Is there anything more serious than joy, the dangerous freedom of singing it out? Synonyms call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, yell, trumpet, bellow, roar informal holler, cooee 1.4 (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds. （鸟）啼，鸣 the birds were singing in the trees 鸟儿在栗子树上鸣叫。 Example sentencesExamples The birds in the trees sang happily to her as she walked along, praising God with as much vigor and thankfulness as they could muster. There are no bombs in this world; the sounds are just of tree growing and birds singing. Big-city noise levels prompt birds to sing louder in order to be heard by other birds over the din, according to research by German ornithologists. Tall, thick-branched trees surrounded her and there was nothing but the sounds of the birds singing amidst the trees. The first time I've seen you know I've heard some birds singing in the trees. The sounds of morning birds singing and chirping cheerfully could be heard all around. Like most birds, zebra finches sing as the sun rises. The sun was shining, birds were singing and the aromatic scent of flowers and trees hung in the air. Taking a walk in the woods while the birds chirp and sing, lounging on the beach listening to the waves roll in and out along the shore… I could go on and on. The wind stopped whistling through the trees, the birds stopped singing, and time seemed to just stand still. Another morning, bright and clear in every direction, birds chirped and sung in the trees, but none flew this day. The birds were singing and animals were chattering all over the forest. In summer, the area seems full of energy, with birds singing, flowers blooming and trees reflected in the beautiful water of the lake. The bird began to sing still more melodically, and then fluttered its wings and flew from its branch, hovering just out of Bogo's reach. Do birds really sing or do they just open their mouths when the sound comes out? The birds were chirping and singing gaily as they came in. He had opened the hotel window and a nice breeze was coming off the ocean, the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees. The quiet settled in like a warm blanket, no birds sang, no crickets chirped. However he did get his wish as now he rests under the tall trees where the birds sing in Tourlestrane churchyard. Birds were singing, insects were chirping, and people could be heard talking in their homes. Synonyms warble, trill, twitter, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep 2no object Make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound. 呜呜作响；发出嗡嗡声 the kettle was beginning to sing 水壶开始呜呜作响。 Example sentencesExamples Dad tunes the Kingswood once a month like a classical musician would tune his violin, and the engine sings. Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes. 2.1 (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise. （人耳）鸣 a stinging slap that made my ear sing 使我耳鸣的狠狠一巴掌。 Example sentencesExamples I turned the engine off again and, while my ears sang, I decided that it was perhaps advisable to fit the exhausts after all. Synonyms hum, drone, bumble, whir, fizz, fuzz, hiss, murmur, whisper 3informal no object Act as an informer to the police. 〈非正式〉（向警方）告密 as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary Example sentencesExamples And she is singing like a canary about the out-of-sync lip synch incident. Synonyms inform (on someone), tell tales (on someone) informal squeal, rat on someone, blow the whistle on someone, peach (on someone), snitch (on someone), put the finger on someone, sell someone down the river British informal grass (on someone), shop someone North American informal rat someone out, finger someone, fink on someone, drop a/the dime on someone Australian informal pimp on someone 4with object Recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature. （尤指用诗歌等文学作品）描述；歌颂，赞颂 poetry should sing the variety of the human race 诗歌应该歌颂人类的奇妙和丰富多采。 no object these poets sing of the American experience 这些诗人赞美了北美的经历。 Example sentencesExamples Think of all the things Sinatra ever sang of. I have sung of women in three cities, they are all the same. Synonyms praise, laud, extol, glorify, eulogize, reverence, honour, pay tribute to, pay homage to, salute, hymn 4.1archaic no object Compose poetry. 〈古〉作诗 he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme Example sentencesExamples He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. noun sɪŋsɪŋ informal 1An act or spell of singing. 〈非正式〉唱歌；演唱 we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing a sponsored sing to pay for the theatre Example sentencesExamples Film sings have supplanted folk music in the lives of common people. Everyone likes to have a sing - joining a choir of 30+ members is just the next step. 1.1US A meeting for amateur singing. 〈美〉业余演唱会 Example sentencesExamples It was toward the end of that job, about fifteen years after leaving the army, that Allie went to a sing at a nearby reservation. Phrases all-singing, all-dancing informal Having a large number and variety of impressive features. 〈英，非正式〉具有各种鲜明特征的 your PC will become the all-singing, all-dancing box the salesman claimed it would be Example sentencesExamples Ryan continues in his quest to be all-singing, all-dancing, and still has time for fights at poker games. They wanted this all-singing, all-dancing device with features they weren't going to use anyway. Umoja is the sort of narrative-less, all-singing, all-dancing, all-kitchen-sink extravaganza that comes critic-proof on arrival. The event, held at the Albert Halls as the finale of Bolton Festival, featured 30 all-singing, all-dancing youngsters aged 11 to 17. It's all-singing, all-dancing and it has a lot of heart. As the all-singing, all-dancing, no-nonsense nanny, Laura has stepped into one of her biggest roles in the very first stage musical to be based on the original 1934 book. Other errors and omissions will arise from the fact that the all-singing, all-dancing, all-watching police database is not yet with us, and will not be with us for some time yet. We can work with small groups through to an all-singing, all-dancing literally major event involving thousands of people. Each begins with the process of drawing, but operates with an awareness that unless it's all-singing, all-dancing or playing some kind of visual trick, we might not bother to look closely. And if so, look no further than this all-singing, all-dancing, all-credit-card-maxing shopping special. sing a different tune (or song) Change one's opinion about or attitude towards someone or something. 改变（对某人或某物的）看法（或态度） Example sentencesExamples As one who's been at the battlefront, angrily detailing Hollywood's outrages against women for these many years, it's a relief to be singing a different tune and hoping the music lasts. On Friday, workers sang a different tune from the previous sounds of confrontation. But these days, the businessman mayor is singing a different tune. And he is already singing a different tune on key environmental, defence and foreign affairs issues he once passionately advocated. But we expect he'll be singing a different tune if they take him at his word. With his sights on the top job as prime minister, he's singing a different tune. Less than two years ago he was singing a different tune. ‘Just wait until you and Tyler are married,’ replied John, ‘then you'll sing a different tune.’ But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later. Now when they go back into their communities they will sing a different tune. sing from the same hymn (or song) sheet informal Present a united front in public by not disagreeing with one another. 〈英，非正式〉口径一致 they want the cabinet all singing from the same hymn sheet Example sentencesExamples He said: ‘Everyone has been extremely welcoming and it is good to work with a board who are all singing from the same hymn sheet.’ But in their very different ways they are singing from the same song sheet and it didn't take them long to convince me that Scotland's bid is logical, ethical and well - conceived. Firefighters are a unique lot, all singing from the same song sheet, and I am definitely going to miss it. My counter argument, if there were an all loving; all understanding supreme Omnipresence; then all mankind would be singing from the same hymn sheet. That's fine as far as it goes but only if they are all singing from the same song sheet. Partnership only works when everyone sings from the same hymn sheet and the financial benefits of the venture still need to be explained to the tourism industry. We are both singing from the same hymn sheet and I see no problems in selecting the squad together but once the game is underway then I will be in charge. He has the same type of approach we have and it is like we are singing from the same hymn sheet. But an across-the-board framework is needed to ensure that some consistency is achieved and that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. The important thing is that we are singing from the same hymn sheet. sing in (or out) the new (or old) year Celebrate the new year (or the end of the previous year) with singing. 用歌声辞旧迎新 Example sentencesExamples As the ball drops, and the huge firework displays explodes in the sky, you will join in the spirit of the night as everyone sings in the new year with the traditional ‘Auld Lang Syne!’ Jim will be singing in the new year in Perth's beautiful new concert hall - a traditional evening's entertainment with no weather worries! These are the words to Auld Lang Syne sung on Hogmanay when the bells chime and everyone crosses arms to sing in the new year. The closing session, singing in the new year at midnight was like watching 23,000 people Praise the Lord and swing from the chandeliers at the same time. It is said she was determined to respond positively to each request, and in a whirlwind tour, sang in the new year several times in several messes, only returning to her base in the early hours. Most of my colleagues stayed up and sang in the new year, but I was sound asleep. Of course, The Mountain Quartet will also offer a concert New Year's eve, and we'll all be singing in the new year by candlelight. Numerous musicians and bands were performing throughout the area - singing out the old year and singing in the new! As the courthouse clock bells chime in the New Year, and the flame is passed from person to person, we become a community of friends and neighbors, singing in the new year together. I certainly didn't think I would be standing on a mountain top in the middle of a paddock singing in the new year with 16 Indian boys I'd never meet before. sing someone to sleep Cause someone to fall asleep by singing gently to them. 唱歌哄某人入睡 Example sentencesExamples Ruby played her eldest daughter records by Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington and would teach her the lyrics and sing her to sleep with their songs at night. I sing him to sleep most nights, old habit since he was little and I see no reason to change it. Like a whisper of a dream, she could still recall the sound of her mother's voice as she would sing them to sleep. But Terry does remember his grandfather singing him to sleep as a baby-but it's very vague. I'd fallen asleep next my son, as I often sing him to sleep. While in the hospital she visited and spent time with people on the wards, if she heard anyone crying at might she would go to them and sing them to sleep… she had the most wonderful voice. She is filled with premarital fears, and her mother takes charge and as she comforts and encourages her daughter, sings her to sleep whilst Alice is cuddling her childhood toy, a rabbit. And the stupid thing about it all, is that I keep remembering this one good memory of him singing me to sleep! I think you would have liked to have a mama sing you to sleep. I could imagine his soothing voice singing me to sleep. Derivatives singable adjective ˈsɪŋəb(ə)lˈsɪŋəb(ə)l The tunes were perfectly suited for FM Radio, and riddled with major chord-laden hooks, and melodic, singable choruses. Example sentencesExamples Sallee's arrangements are simple, singable and make it easy to teach adherence to the printed page. Too many bands claiming experimental status eventually break out at least a few of rock's conventions - a power chord here, a singable chorus there. Vecchi composed some excellent church music, but his fame rests on his light madrigals and canzonettas, written in an eminently singable and attractive style. It's a great mix of heavy melodies played with soft distortion resulting in big, anthemic songs that are singable without being too poppy. singingly adverb The phrases unfold singingly, and her metaphors have a persuasive logic. Example sentencesExamples Though undeniably talented, Martin exhibits a hesitant sense of what separates the singingly oral from the stodgily ordinary. The skaldic poetry was presumably recited half singingly and without instrumental accompaniment. The concerto poses a special difficulty in that its final two movements are both marked Andante, one to be played singingly, the other with pretty grace. They range from singingly chivalric to the unaffected generous, pleasurable additions to the lighter repertoire. Origin Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen. song from Old English: The Old English words sing and song are from the same ancient root. The phrase to sing for your supper, ‘to derive a benefit or favour by providing a service in return’, derives from the nursery rhyme Little Tommy Tucker: ‘Little Tommy Tucker / Sings for his supper; / What shall we give him? / White bread and butter.’ If something is on sale for a song it is being sold very cheaply. This expression may come from the old practice of selling written copies of ballads at fairs. You could also say for an old song, perhaps because you would be likely to pay much less for an old ballad sheet than for a recent one. The phrase was popularized in the 1970s when Going for a Song was used as the title of a television quiz show in which teams had to guess the date and value of antiques. If you make a song and dance about something you cause a fuss or commotion or, in American English, give a long explanation that is deliberately misleading or confusing. In 17th-century America a ‘song and dance’ referred to a form of entertainment later applied to a vaudeville act. The modern senses developed around the turn of the 20th century. See also all Rhymes Beijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wing, wring, Xining, zing verb.1 phr. Definition of sing in US English: sing verbsɪŋsiNG 1no object Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune. 唱，唱歌 Bella sang to the baby 贝拉唱歌给婴儿听。 Example sentencesExamples Every time this folk singer sings in her guttural voice, she draws a motley audience around her courtyard. She always turned up on time and sang with full voice - but only in Italian, regarding other languages as unmusical. This opens strikingly with the high voices singing unaccompanied in unison. In contrast, the countertenors of the past sang in full voice, resorting to falsetto only at the high range. Their range and tessitura increases and, with training, children are singing well over an octave in tune and in time by the end of first grade. The Dresden State Orchestra turns in their usual fine playing here and the Saxon State Opera Chorus sings splendidly, as well. Bickley's slightly edgy tone, combined with a warm voice, works well in this music; she sings with a good line and a nice feel for Handel's style. He didn't pay much attention to anything but the rainy road until he heard a soft voice singing with the chorus. Make a tape of your own voice talking or singing to the baby. She played it to the hilt as an over-inebriated soprano trying to sing in an operetta. Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself. At some time in their lives, they've played the piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello and sung in choirs. And those closing strains die away, and the finale begins, a faint chorus of distant voices singing in unison, the orchestra silent. Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo. A few can sing in tune before the age of two, while some studies suggest that children may able to respond to music even before they are born. I sang in tune but couldn't harmonize with the players, couldn't memorize the lyrics and I had no rhythm. Deborah sings almost everything between Mozart and Maxwell Davies, and has a lovely voice! Listen to how slowly, how deliberately John McCormack sang, caressing each word. Even if other voices joined the bass in some or all of the verses, a low adult male voice certainly sang throughout, as if to underscore the psalm's sombre mood. In parallel to her opera career, she also sang for Handel in the oratorio seasons. Synonyms chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver 1.1with object Perform (a song, words, or tune) with the voice. 演唱（歌曲，歌词，曲调） someone started singing “God Bless America” Example sentencesExamples Many of the performers sang labor songs of the 1930s, civil rights songs of the 1960s, peace songs of many decades. After a couple of songs the members sang ditties from the latest movies. To add to the atmosphere, members of Newport Choir and friends sang carols and Christmas songs under the Christmas Tree. The psalmist sings this song of God's love and faithfulness to the great congregation. The prize item was Debussy's Proses Lyriques, four songs set to the composer's own poetry and for some reason not often sung in recital. Also on Saturday the Calne Choral Society will be singing Haydn's Nelson Mass at John Bentley School at 7.30 pm. As scary as it is for me I love it because I can look out and see everybody singing the song word for word. It became the song sung by Stephen repeating God's proclamation that redemption is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. And they sang hymns and patriotic songs and show tunes and everything. Withers has a beautiful tone but she hides behind this, allowing it to speak over the words she is singing. Pupils at Ruskin Junior School sang carols and songs. These students, especially, should be encouraged to sing aloud the words of the pieces in their method books simultaneously with their playing. She could hear lots of laughter, endless and melodious, mingling with sweet beautiful music and songs sung by heavenly voices. As I write this, forty years later, I've signed up to sing that very chorus with my local symphony this year. After a dramatic recitative which Genaux sings with some interesting vocal color, the aria is as light and as refreshing as a cool breeze. They revived the handbell choir, answering God's invitation to sing a new song. We enjoyed each other's company and sang songs to God. I love being able to sing carols and Christmas songs. We were singing songs from a musical called Phantom of the Opera. He sang folk songs and show tunes like Maria, a big favourite in the Soviet Union. Synonyms chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver 1.2sing along Sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music. 随着唱；跟着唱 Example sentencesExamples Eccentric behavior in unlikely settings: in Ghost Dog, for example, a Mafia boss admires rap music and sings along with it. The audience joined in the banter and sang along to musical hall songs. People like to sing along with music discs, or at least they like to know all the words. I was too busy singing along quietly to the music which was swelling up from a speaker at the front of the bus. Because when people used to singing in harmonies start to sing along, they sing along in harmony. I shook my head in tune with the music, singing along with it at the top of my lungs. She was singing along to some Celtic music belting out from her stereo. She couldn't make herself sing along with the music that was playing through the receiver. Stan began to sing along with the music, but fell short of knowing more than a few lines of each song. Usually when I feel depressed, I just listen to music and sing along to the songs. She could hear Chloe singing along to the music, and she wondered if she had woken up in a dream. All that's missing are the lyrics, but true fans of the music can sing along instead. You do not need a music background for singing along with video karaoke. He kept the door open, and was outside in the hall singing along with the music. From what he could hear, there was now an extra voice singing along with the music. Eventually, everyone sang along with the flowing melody while moving about the room in syncopation. Tommy sings along to the music, reaching a gold framed mirror above the fireplace on the last beat. I stomped around and laughed while she wiggled, pranced and sang along to the music like all the other teenagers. My feel my eyes widen when she sings along to the music in perfect pitch. The stage was closer than she had expected and everyone was singing along with the music. 1.3sing something out Call something out loudly; shout. 大声叫喊 he sang out a greeting 他大声打招呼。 Example sentencesExamples As they neared the quay, youthful voices sang out a greeting. Is there anything more serious than joy, the dangerous freedom of singing it out? Synonyms call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, yell, trumpet, bellow, roar 1.4 (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds. （鸟）啼，鸣 the birds were singing in the chestnut trees 鸟儿在栗子树上鸣叫。 Example sentencesExamples The sounds of morning birds singing and chirping cheerfully could be heard all around. The birds in the trees sang happily to her as she walked along, praising God with as much vigor and thankfulness as they could muster. However he did get his wish as now he rests under the tall trees where the birds sing in Tourlestrane churchyard. Tall, thick-branched trees surrounded her and there was nothing but the sounds of the birds singing amidst the trees. He had opened the hotel window and a nice breeze was coming off the ocean, the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees. The birds were chirping and singing gaily as they came in. Like most birds, zebra finches sing as the sun rises. Do birds really sing or do they just open their mouths when the sound comes out? The quiet settled in like a warm blanket, no birds sang, no crickets chirped. The sun was shining, birds were singing and the aromatic scent of flowers and trees hung in the air. Birds were singing, insects were chirping, and people could be heard talking in their homes. There are no bombs in this world; the sounds are just of tree growing and birds singing. Taking a walk in the woods while the birds chirp and sing, lounging on the beach listening to the waves roll in and out along the shore… I could go on and on. Big-city noise levels prompt birds to sing louder in order to be heard by other birds over the din, according to research by German ornithologists. The bird began to sing still more melodically, and then fluttered its wings and flew from its branch, hovering just out of Bogo's reach. The birds were singing and animals were chattering all over the forest. In summer, the area seems full of energy, with birds singing, flowers blooming and trees reflected in the beautiful water of the lake. Another morning, bright and clear in every direction, birds chirped and sung in the trees, but none flew this day. The first time I've seen you know I've heard some birds singing in the trees. The wind stopped whistling through the trees, the birds stopped singing, and time seemed to just stand still. Synonyms warble, trill, twitter, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep 2no object Make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound. 呜呜作响；发出嗡嗡声 the kettle was beginning to sing 水壶开始呜呜作响。 Example sentencesExamples Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes. Dad tunes the Kingswood once a month like a classical musician would tune his violin, and the engine sings. 2.1 (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the aftereffect of a blow or loud noise. （人耳）鸣 a stinging slap that made my ear sing 使我耳鸣的狠狠一巴掌。 Example sentencesExamples I turned the engine off again and, while my ears sang, I decided that it was perhaps advisable to fit the exhausts after all. Synonyms hum, drone, bumble, whir, fizz, fuzz, hiss, murmur, whisper 3informal no object Act as an informer to the police. 〈非正式〉（向警方）告密 as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary Example sentencesExamples And she is singing like a canary about the out-of-sync lip synch incident. Synonyms inform, inform on someone, tell tales, tell tales on someone 4with object Recount or celebrate in a work of literature, especially poetry. （尤指用诗歌等文学作品）描述；歌颂，赞颂 poetry should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race 诗歌应该歌颂人类的奇妙和丰富多采。 no object these poets sing of the North American experience 这些诗人赞美了北美的经历。 Example sentencesExamples Think of all the things Sinatra ever sang of. I have sung of women in three cities, they are all the same. Synonyms praise, laud, extol, glorify, eulogize, reverence, honour, pay tribute to, pay homage to, salute, hymn 4.1archaic Compose poetry. 〈古〉作诗 Example sentencesExamples He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. nounsɪŋsiNG informal 1An act or spell of singing. 〈非正式〉唱歌；演唱 Example sentencesExamples Film sings have supplanted folk music in the lives of common people. Everyone likes to have a sing - joining a choir of 30+ members is just the next step. 1.1US A meeting for amateur singing. 〈美〉业余演唱会 Example sentencesExamples It was toward the end of that job, about fifteen years after leaving the army, that Allie went to a sing at a nearby reservation. Phrases sing a different tune (or song) Change one's opinion about or attitude toward someone or something. 改变（对某人或某物的）看法（或态度） Example sentencesExamples As one who's been at the battlefront, angrily detailing Hollywood's outrages against women for these many years, it's a relief to be singing a different tune and hoping the music lasts. ‘Just wait until you and Tyler are married,’ replied John, ‘then you'll sing a different tune.’ Less than two years ago he was singing a different tune. But these days, the businessman mayor is singing a different tune. On Friday, workers sang a different tune from the previous sounds of confrontation. With his sights on the top job as prime minister, he's singing a different tune. And he is already singing a different tune on key environmental, defence and foreign affairs issues he once passionately advocated. Now when they go back into their communities they will sing a different tune. But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later. But we expect he'll be singing a different tune if they take him at his word. sing someone to sleep Cause someone to fall asleep by singing gently to them. 唱歌哄某人入睡 Example sentencesExamples I think you would have liked to have a mama sing you to sleep. She is filled with premarital fears, and her mother takes charge and as she comforts and encourages her daughter, sings her to sleep whilst Alice is cuddling her childhood toy, a rabbit. While in the hospital she visited and spent time with people on the wards, if she heard anyone crying at might she would go to them and sing them to sleep… she had the most wonderful voice. I'd fallen asleep next my son, as I often sing him to sleep. But Terry does remember his grandfather singing him to sleep as a baby-but it's very vague. Like a whisper of a dream, she could still recall the sound of her mother's voice as she would sing them to sleep. I could imagine his soothing voice singing me to sleep. Ruby played her eldest daughter records by Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington and would teach her the lyrics and sing her to sleep with their songs at night. And the stupid thing about it all, is that I keep remembering this one good memory of him singing me to sleep! I sing him to sleep most nights, old habit since he was little and I see no reason to change it. Origin Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen. verb.1 phr.
随便看	capital project capital punishment capital raising capital ratio capital redemption reserve capital requirement capital reserve capitals capital ship capital sin capital spending capital stock capital structure capital sum capital surplus capital tax capital territory capital-to-labor ratio capital-to-labour ratio capital-to-output ratio capital transfer tax capital value capital vice capital vise capital widening