sing /ˈsɪŋ/
 (vi.)唱,唱歌,演唱,鳴(vt.)唱,歌頌嗖嗖聲


 Sing v. i. [imp. Sung or Sang p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.]
 1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
    The noise of them that sing do I hear.   --Ex. xxxii. 18.
 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
    On every bough the briddes heard I sing.   --Chaucer.
    Singing birds, in silver cages hung.   --Dryden.
 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
 O'er his head the flying spear
 Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.   --Pope.
 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
 Bid her . . . sing
 Of human hope by cross event destroyed.   --Prior.
 5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
    They should sing if thet they were bent.   --Chaucer.


 Sing v. t.
 1. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.
    And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.   --Rev. xv. 3.
    And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.   --Keble.
 2. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
    Arms and the man I sing.   --Dryden.
 The last, the happiest British king,
 Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.   --Addison.
 3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
 4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
    I heard them singing home the bride.   --Longfellow.

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 sing
      v 1: deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
      2: produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was
         cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
      3: to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
      4: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was
         singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle]
      5: divulge confidential information or secrets;  "Be
         careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, {let
         the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
          babble, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]
      [also: sung, singing, sang]