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Xem thêm: vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox, articulation, spokesperson, interpreter, representative, part, sound, vocalize, vocalise
voice noun
1 sounds you make when speaking or singing
ADJ. beautiful, fine, good, lovely, pleasant, sweet She has a beautiful singing voice. | big, booming, loud, ringing, sonorous, stentorian | light, small, thin, tiny, weak | low, soft | deep, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky | falsetto, high, high-pitched, shrill, squeaky | clear | muffled, muted, strangulated | harsh, penetrating, sharp | nasal | cracked, rasping, slurred I could tell from his slurred voice that he'd been drinking. | fruity, mellifluous, rich, silky, smooth, velvet, velvety | sing-song | gentle, kindly, soothing | cheerful, hearty | friendly, warm | flat, matter-of-fact, unemotional | calm, cool | firm, steady | urgent | authoritative | distinctive | raised | hushed | angry | strained, tired | plaintive | funny, silly | disembodied | inner An inner voice told him that what he had done was wrong. | singing | alto, baritone, bass, contralto, soprano, tenor, treble
VERB + VOICE hear I could hear voices in the next room. | raise She's a teacher who never has to raise her voice to discipline the children. | drop, lower She dropped her voice to a whisper. You're shouting?please lower your voice. | project Try to project your voice so that the people at the back of the room can hear you. | lose She's lost her voice and won't be able to sing tonight. | find He swallowed nervously as he tried to find his voice. | put on She put on a silly voice as she imitated her boss.
VOICE + VERB go up, rise His voice rose in angry protest. | die away, drop, fade, tail away/off, trail away/off ‘So he won't come … ’ her voice trailed off in disappointment. | be filled/tinged with sth Her voice was filled with emotion. | deepen, harden, soften, thicken His voice suddenly thickened with emotion. | echo Her voice echoed through the silent house. | whisper ‘Be quiet!’ a voice whispered in his ear. | hiss, purr | call (out), cry (out) ‘Who is it?’ a female voice called out. | scream, shout She was dimly aware of voices shouting. | boom (out) | cut through sth, pierce sth His deep voice cut through the silence. | break, crack His voice broke with emotion. His voice broke (= became a deep, man's voice) when he was 14. | falter, quaver, shake, tremble, waver Her voice shook with fear. | drone (on) The flat, unemotional voice droned on.
VOICE + NOUN recognition the computer's voice recognition capability | mail (also voicemail), mailbox, message, traffic | synthesizer
PREP. in a/your ~ ‘Get out!’ she shouted in a shrill voice. There was fury in his voice as he answered her.
PHRASES at the top of your voice I was shouting at the top of my voice but she couldn't hear me. | a babble/hum/murmur of voices They could hear a loud babble of voices coming from the crowded bar. | in good voice The home fans were in good voice (= making a loud noise) before the match. She was in good voice (= singing well) at the concert tonight. | keep your voice down Please keep your voice down so as not to wake the children. | keep your voice level/steady He managed to keep his voice steady despite his feelings of panic. | tone of voice ‘Do you have to speak to me in that tone of voice?’ she said sadly.
2 expression of ideas/opinions
ADJ. critical, dissenting Dissenting voices at the newspaper are very rare. | lone a lone voice of dissent | powerful Powerful voices in the Senate are determined to bring down the president. | distinctive a writer with a highly distinctive voice
VERB + VOICE find Refugees have been unable to find a voice in politics. | add, lend Many senior politicians have lent their voices to the campaign. | give The magazine gave voice to hundreds of oppressed factory workers. | listen to
PREP. ~ of to listen to the voice of conscience
PHRASES make your voice heard a society in which individuals are able to make their voices heard | speak with one voice The teachers speak with one voice when they demand an end to the cuts.
n.
A shrill voice sounded behind us
a singer takes good care of his voice
the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
the noisy voice of the waterfall
the incessant voices of the artillery
the articulation of my feelings
I gave voice to my feelings
the voice of the law
the Times is not the voice of New York
conservatism has many voices
the wee small voice of conscience
the voice of experience
he said his voices told him to do it
he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
he lost his voice
he tried to sing the tenor part