sing

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sings

V_ing/Gerund

singing

V_ed/pp

sangsung

1.
(intransitive)To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
2.
(intransitive)To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
3.
(transitive)To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
sing a lullaby
4.
(transitive)To soothe with singing.
to sing somebody to sleep
5.
(ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
6.
(intransitive, slang)To confess under interrogation.
7.
(intransitive)To make a small, shrill sound.
The air sings in passing through a crevice.
a singing kettle
8.
(ambitransitive)To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise.
9.
(intransitive)To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
10.
(ergative)To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
11.
(Australia)In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
12.
(archaic, slang)To yell or shout.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sings

1.
The act, or event, of singing songs.
I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.
2.
Any sound likened to human singing.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (to sing), from *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (to sing), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (to recite, sing). Cognate with sjunge, sjonge, zingen, singen, singen, synge, sjunga, syngja, ὀμφή.