汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 竊竊私語
竊竊私語 (窃窃私语)
to whisper
Talk in a low voice
私下小声说话。
() qiè () yǔ/yù
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他们坐在那里窃窃私语直到后半夜。

They sat there billing and cooing till after midnight.

“你们为什么窃窃私语?”他生气地问。

"Why are you whispering?" he asked irritably.

难道你不知道窃窃私语是不礼貌的吗?

Don't you know it's rude to whisper?

唱诗班在整个布道期间总是有人窃窃私语,低声说笑。

The choir always tittered and whispered all through service.

大家都在窃窃私语,一个接一个地传着孩子说的话。

What the child had said was whispered from one to another.

大家窃窃私语,每个人的脸上都流露出一种不祥的焦虑。

Whispers passed along, and a boding uneasiness took possession of every countenance.

这样的话,打个比喻,神经末端就像只能窃窃私语而非正常说话。

The nerve endings can only whisper, so to speak.

神是不会被人的老眼昏花、计谋、和厨房的窃窃私语难倒的。

God will not be frustrated by blindness, schemes, and whispers in the kitchen.

听到人们的窃窃私语,对他来说就像音乐一样美妙:“你看他,吉姆!”

It would have been music to his soul to hear the whisperings: "Look at him, Jim!"

全场开始窃窃私语,表达了人们的困惑不满,结果引起了法官的一阵申斥。

The perplexity and dissatisfaction of the house expressed itself in murmurs and provoked a reproof from the bench.