noise /ˈnɔɪz/
 噪音,雜訊,響聲,喧鬧(vt.)謠傳(vi.)喧鬧


 noise
 雜訊; 雜音; 干擾; 噪音


 noise
 噪音 雜訊


 Noise n.
 1. Sound of any kind.
 The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise
 to us perceived.   --Bacon.
 Note: ☞ Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves.  Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise.
 2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
 3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. “The noise goes.”
    What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!   --T. Baker.
    Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.   --Spectator.
 4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.]
    The king has his noise of gypsies.   --B. Jonson.
 Syn: -- Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.


 Noise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noised p pr. & vb. n. Noising.]
 1. To spread by rumor or report.
    All these sayings were noised abroad.   --Luke i. 65.
 2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.]

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 Noise, v. i. To sound; to make a noise.


 noise
      n 1: sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant
           sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard
           indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the
           firework display that ended the gala the noise reached
           98 decibels"
      2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;
         sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern
         music is just noise to me" [syn: dissonance, racket]
      3: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb
         communication [syn: interference, disturbance]
      4: a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of
         the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it
         was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by
         making as loud a noise as he could"
      5: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or
         meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech
         concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
      6: the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness,
          haphazardness, stochasticity]
      v : emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound]