n (1)噪音(声);喧闹声(sounds that are loud and usu unpleasant)[U;C]：curious/city/harsh/traffic～s 奇怪的响声/城市噪音/刺耳的声音/交通噪声;the～s of insects/of the rain 昆虫的叫声/雨声;Don't make so much～! 别这么大声嚷嚷! I can't sleep when there's～around me. 周围这么吵闹我简直无法入睡。〖同〗voice，sound，tone;〖反〗quiet，silence，peace，calm;

(2)老生常谈(conventional remarks)[pl]：He made polite～s about our work. 他对我们的工作说了一些客套话。She made all the right～s. 她说了一大堆客套话。

a big noise(inf，derog) 重要人物：She likes to think she's a big～. 她喜欢把自己当作重要人物。

make a noise (about sth) 大声说话或发牢骚：She made quite a～about the lost luggage. 她为丢行李的事大吵大闹。

vt 谣传(spread by rumour)(dated or fml)[T+n+adv (abroad/around/about)][常pass]：It was～d abroad that he was taking up a new appointment. 盛传他将接受一项新的任命。 It was～d about that the governor intended to resign. 传说州长打算辞职。 Don't～it around，but he's retiring. 不要跟别人说，他要退休了。〖同〗repeat，pass，voice;

→′noiseless adj 无声的，静的;′noiselessly adv 无声地，静悄悄地;′noiselessness n 无声，安静;′noisy adj 吵闹的;喧闹的;

【辨异】noise、sound、tone、voice 都指所听到的声音。noise指噪音，如：The noise of traffic kept him awake. (车马的喧闹声使他睡也睡不着。)sound泛指听到的任何声音，如：the sound of voices/of music/of breaking plates(人声/乐声/打破盘子的声音);tone指具有某种音质、音色、响度、音高的乐音，如：a voice with a full，clear tone (洪亮的嗓音);voice为人在说话和唱歌时发出的声音，如：a charming voice 诱人的嗓音;a song of 4 male voices (一支男声四重唱歌曲)。