n. i.e.notice口哨；（引申义）注意。
△Lr.4.2.29: “I have been worth the whistle.”i.e.There was atime when I was worthy of notice. (cf. the proverb.“It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling.”) 往常我还值得人对我吹吹口哨呢(又译：值得人注意呢)。(按：whistle又作whistling，意同。)
whistle
vb. whistle off: release (hawk) from fist,set (an un-tamed hawk) free把（鹰）从手上放出，把（不驯的鹰）释放。
△Oth.3.3.260: “If I do prove her haggard,Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,I'd whistle her off,and let her down the wind”，(If hawks were released down the wind,they seldom re-turned.)倘使我证明了她真是野性不驯，哪怕系着她的带子是自己的心弦，我也要吹一声口哨放她顺风而去。
whistle[(h)wisl]
n. 口 哨（声），汽笛（声），哨子v. 吹哨，鸣笛，啸叫
◇ blow the whistle on sb.使某人立即停止做某事
clean as a whistle 非常清洁
wet one’s whistle 喝饮料
whistle in the dark 给自己壮胆，吹口哨
whistle down the wind 放弃，白费口舌，诽谤
‖ whistle code 哨音符号
whistle signal 哨声信号
whistler valve 笛阀
whistling arrow 响箭
whistling sound 啸声
whistling tone 哨音口哨（声），汽笛（声）