whistle in the wind

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

whistled in the wind whistles in the wind 三单 whistles in the wind whistling in the wind whistling in the wind 现在分词 whistled in the wind 过去式 whistled in the wind 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.

    英国 习语

    [E]veryone is doing no more than whistling powerlessly in the wind.