n (1)声音，嗓子(sound or sounds uttered through the mouth， esp of human beings in speaking，shouting， singing， etc)[C， U]：speak in a loud/low/rough/husky/gentle/quiet/kind/sympathetic～大声/低声/粗鲁/沙哑/轻柔/悄然/和蔼/同情地说;speak in an angry～ 气愤地说;speak with a deep rich～用深沉浑厚的声音说;at the top of one's～高声地;a good/sweet/pleasant～嗓音好/甜润/悦耳;have a soprano singing～有唱高音的嗓子;The boy's～is breaking. 这男孩的嗓子在变声。His～shakes/trembles with emotion. 由于感情冲动，他的话音震颤/发抖。“Telephone， Laura!”a～cried from the house.“电话，劳拉!”屋里传出一个人的叫声。hear a～shouting to sb 听到喊叫某人的声音;keep one’s～down 不大声说话;lift up/lower one's～抬高/压低嗓门(讲话);raise one's～against the plan 高声反对这个计划;raise one's～when addressing an audience 对观众讲话时提高嗓门;I don't want to have to raise my～to you again. 我不想再和你(生气)大声喊。(conversation)be conducted in low～s(对话)在低声进行;～box 喉;～channel 电话信道;～-over(电影)话外音;〖同〗speech，tone，intonation;〖反〗dumbness，muteness，speechlessness，voicelessness;

(2)发言能力(the ability to utter sound)[U]：have no～嗓子哑;speak/sing in good (poor/excellent)～以正常(不正常/悦耳)的嗓音说/唱;(choir) be in good/poor/excellent～ (合唱队)声音好听/不好听/非常悦耳;lose one’s～as the result of a bad cold/all the shouting 由于严重感冒/一阵大喊而失音;find one's～after the flu 流感后嗓音恢复;commands given in a firm tone of～以坚定有力的声音发出命令;〖同〗speech，tone，delivery，intonation;〖反〗dumbness，muteness，speechlessness;

(3)发言权，意见(right or power to present and receive consideration of one's desires or opinions)[U，a～][N(in)](fig)：have little/some/a～in the matter (the decision of the directors/educational affairs) 对这个问题(经理的决定/教育问题)没什么/有些/有发言权;(crowd) be all of one～(人群)发出异口同声的呼喊;ask for sb's resignation/refuse sth with one～异口同声地要求某人辞职/拒绝某事;My～has little effect in these discussions. 我的意见在讨论中不起什么作用。〖同〗vote，say，role;will，desire;

(4)愿望，喉舌(means of expressing will or desire)[C， sing]：(sb/politician)ignore/heed/represent/follow the～of the people(某人/政治家)忽视/重视/代表/遵循人民的意愿;listen to the～of reason/conscience/experience/dissent 倾听理性/良知/经验/反对的声音;He is regarded as the～of the moderates. 他被认为是稳健派的代言人。The party became the～of the workers. 该党已成为工人的喉舌。V～of America (VOA) 美国之音;the still small～良心的呼声;

(5)语态(verb of indicating the relation between the subject and the action expressed by the verb)[C，sing]：write the sentence in the passive/active～用被动/主动语态写出这个句子;In“John was struck by him”，the verb is in the passive～. 在“约翰被他打了”一句中，动词为被动语态。

(6)声部(any of the melodic parts for a musical composition) [C]：(song) be arranged for(singing by) three～s (歌曲)改编为由三个声部(演唱);(composition) be written for～and orchestra(乐曲)为声部和管弦乐队而谱写;〖同〗singer;

give voice to one's feeling/indignation/dismay/concern/joy(fml)表达感情/义愤/沮丧/关切/喜悦：I'm sure I am giving～to what we all feel in wishing our chairman a quick recovery. 我确信我表达了大家希望我们的主席尽快康复的关切之情。

make one's voice heard 表达意见(感情等)：We want a chance to make our～(s) heard. 我们想有机会表达一下我们的见解。

→′voiceless adj 无声的;

vt (1)表达 (express;proclaim)[T+n]：～one's admiration/one's discontent/one's grievance/one's dissatisfaction/one's opinions/one's objections 表达自己的羡慕之情/不满/不平/不满意/见解/反对意见;～the sentiment/the wrongs/the feeling of the time 表达情绪/委屈/当时的感情;～rare praise说出少有的赞美之辞;Some opposition to this arrangement was～d in the U. S. House of Representatives. 美众议院对此项安排表示反对。〖同〗state，express，declare，proclaim，announce，utter，say，air;

(2)发成浊音(utter with the voice)[T+n]：～d consonants 浊辅音;“Th” should be～d in“this” but not in “think”. “this”中的“th”发成浊音，而“think”中的“th”则不然。/z/ and /v/ are～d;/s/ and /f/ are not. /z/和/v/是浊音，而/s/和/f/不是。To pronounce “library” properly， you must～both r's. 为了使“library”发音准确，一定要把两个 /r/ 发出声音来。〖同〗pronounce，utter，speak;

→voiced adj 讲出来的，口头的;

【辨异】voice与noise、sound²和tone的区别见NOISE。