sounding

英 [ˈsaʊndɪŋ]

美 [ˈsaʊndɪŋ]

n. 意见调查; 征询意见; 水深测量
v. 听起来好像; 让人听着好像; 听起来…的; (使)发出声音，响
sound的现在分词

复数：soundings　现在分词：sounding　

BNC.14059 / COCA.16361

牛津词典

noun

意见调查；征询意见
careful questions that are asked in order to find out people's opinions about sth
1. They will take soundings among party members.
  他们将在党员中间征询意见。
2. What do your soundings show?
  你的调查结果如何？
水深测量
a measurement that is made to find out how deep water is
1. They took soundings along the canal.
  他们沿运河测量了水深。

柯林斯词典

N-SING （铃或号的）发声，鸣响
The sounding ofa bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a sound.
1. There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal.
  第一次空袭警报和空袭警报解除信号之间间隔了 15 分钟。
N-COUNT （收集或征询的）意见
If you takesoundings, you try to find out people's opinions on a subject.
1. She will take soundings of the people's wishes before deciding on a course of action.
  在决定行动方针之前，她会对人们的愿望作一番调查。

双语例句

The influence of current leakage from horizontal electric dipole on frequency electromagnetic sounding data was studied in this paper.
研究了频率域电磁测深中水平电偶源漏电对观测数据的影响。
These words are a bit too literary sounding.
这些话书卷气重了点儿。
At the risk of sounding silly, have you checked it's plugged in?
尽管这听起来有点傻，但你最好还是检查一下插头插好了吗？
Yes, this is the Sounding Sand Bay.
对啊，这里就是响沙湾。
At the risk of sounding self-pitying, I'd say it has been harder on me than it has on Joanne.
尽管听着像是自怜，我还是要说这对我比对乔安妮更难承受。
I find this hard to say without sounding condescending, but. I'm proud of you.
我发现我很难不用长辈的口吻说，但是我以你为傲！
All these definitions, while sounding impressive, do not stand up under close scrutiny
所有这些定义虽然听上去煞有其事，但都经不起推敲。
An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings.
类似于七弦琴和筝但在琴弦下具有梯形的传声结构板的古代弦乐器。
He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict
他正在探询中东国家的政府要如何解决这次冲突。
Meanwhile, some problems on upper air sounding balloon that should be solved at present are pointed out.
同时指出了目前高空探测气球应解决的若干问题。