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1. vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:

音, 音響; 物音; 音波

e.g. light travels faster than sound.

a thing that can be heard:

(テレビ･ラジオなどの)音声; 〖the ～〗 音量(volume)

e.g. she heard the sound of voices in the hall

e.g. don't make a sound.

the area or distance within which something can be heard:

｟英｠ 聞こえる範囲

e.g. we were always within sound of the train whistles.

2. (also musical sound) sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise.

〖通例単数形で〗(ある歌手･グループなどに特有の)サウンド; ｟英･くだけて｠ ; 〖～s〗 (CDなどの)音楽

3. music, speech, and sound effects when recorded, used to accompany a film or video production, or broadcast:

e.g. as modifier : a sound studio.

broadcasting by radio as distinct from television.

the distinctive quality of the music of a particular composer or performer or of the sound produced by a particular musical instrument:

e.g. the sound of the Beatles.

(sounds) informal music, especially popular music:

e.g. sounds of the Sixties.

4. the ideas or impressions conveyed by words:

〖単数形で〗(言葉･手紙などが人に与える)印象, 調子, 響き

e.g. you've had a hard day, by the sound of it.

1. emit or cause to emit sound:

〖sound C/＋副詞〗 Cに聞こえる, 響く

e.g. no object : a loud buzzer sounded

〈人が〉〈ベル･らっぱなど〉を鳴らす, …の音を立てる

e.g. with object : she sounded the horn.

with object give an audible signal to indicate (something):

…を(音で)知らせる

e.g. a different bell begins to sound midnight.

with object express or convey (a warning):

〈警告など〉を発する

e.g. pharmaceutical companies are sounding the alarm about counterfeit drugs.

with object test (the lungs or another body cavity) by noting the sound they produce:

〈胸など〉を聴診する

e.g. the doctor sounded her chest.

2. no object convey a specified impression when heard:

〖sound C/＋副詞〗(聞いてみると･読んでみると)Cのように思われる, Cらしい (!Cは〖形容詞〗, ｟主に英｠ 〖名詞〗; 〖副詞〗は｟くだけて｠ like句･節, ｟かたく｠ as if/though節, 前置詞句)

e.g. with complement : he sounded worried.

(of something or someone that has been described to one) convey a specified impression:

e.g. it sounds as though you really do believe that

e.g. with complement : the house sounds lovely.

express one's opinions in a loud or forceful manner.

soundless | ˈsoun(d)ləs | adjective

soundlessly | ˈsoun(d)ləslē | adverb

soundlessness noun

Middle English soun, from Anglo-Norman French soun (noun), suner (verb), from Latin sonus. The form with -d was established in the 16th century.

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1. in good condition; not damaged, injured, or diseased:

〈人･肉体･精神などが〉健全な, 健康な (!病気やけがなどがなく完全な健康状態であることをさす)

e.g. they returned safe and sound

e.g. he was not of sound mind.

financially secure:

〈会社などが〉(財務･経営の)堅実な, 健全な, 安定した

e.g. she could get her business on a sound footing for the first time.

2. based on reason, sense, or judgment:

〈言動･考え･根拠などが〉(合理的で)確かな, 適切な, 正しい, 正当性のある, 信頼できる

e.g. sound advice for healthy living

e.g. the scientific content is sound.

competent, reliable, or holding acceptable views:

｟主に英｠ 〈人が〉 «…について» (判断が正しく)しっかりした «on» ; ｟くだけて｠ 〈人が〉頼りになる

e.g. he's a bit stuffy, but he's very sound on his law.

3. (of sleep) deep and undisturbed.

比較なし 〖名詞の前で〗深くて安らかな, 十分な〈眠りなど〉

(of a person) tending to sleep deeply:

e.g. I am a sound sleeper.

4. severe:

〈体罰などが〉厳しい, 徹底した.

e.g. such people should be given a sound thrashing.

soundly:

ぐっすりと, すやすやと, 十分に〈眠って〉

e.g. he was sound asleep.

Middle English: from Old English gesund, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gezond and German gesund.

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1. with object ascertain (the depth of water), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes.

(測鉛で)〈海･水底など〉の深さを測る, 〈水底など〉を調査する, (気球などで)〈大気〉を観測する.

Medicine examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe.

2. with object question (someone), typically in a cautious or discreet way, as to their opinions or feelings on a subject:

sound A out / sound out A: A〈人〉に «…について» どう考えているか打診する «about, on»

e.g. we'll sound out our representatives first.

inquire into (someone's opinions of feelings) in a cautious way:

e.g. officials arrived to sound out public opinion at meetings in factories.

3. no object (especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth.

〈クジラなどが〉水底に潜る

a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end.

late Middle English: from Old French sonder, based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + unda ‘wave’.

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a narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake.

海峡, 瀬戸, 入り江, 小さな湾.

(the Sound) another name for Øresund.

Middle English: from Old Norse sund ‘swimming, strait’; related to swim.