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Definition of susurration in English: susurration(also susurrus) noun ˌsuːsʌˈreɪʃ(ə)n mass nounliterary Whispering or rustling. 〈诗/文〉耳语声；瑟瑟声 the susurration of the river Example sentencesExamples - Something beautiful but so far away-like the music of a faraway violin or the susurration of a distant wave.
- Niagara's recurring invocation of the sound of water, the susurration and crashing of the falls, brings Rhys consciously, at first inexplicably, to mind.
- Dawn is diluting darkness from the sky and it's difficult to distinguish between the susurration of the surf and the swishing whisper of the casuarinas around us.
- It settled to the ground with a soft susurration like stirring leaves.
- And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before thunder peals and lightning, a great rustle of excitement.
Synonyms hum, humming, buzzing, murmur, drone, whir, whirring, fizz, fizzing, fuzz, hiss, singing, whisper
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin susurratio(n-), from Latin susurrare 'to murmur, hum', from susurrus 'whisper'. |