Whisper的音标为英/ˈhwɪspə(r)/、美/ˈhwɪspər/或/ˈwɪspər/。作为动词，意为低声说、窃窃私语，如"The girl came in and whispered something in the teacher's ear"；也可表示沙沙作响，如"The wind was whispering in the roof"。作为名词，指低语、传闻或飒飒声，如"She said it in a whisper"或"I heard the whisper of wind in the pines"。常见短语有"in a whisper"（轻声地）、"whisper to sb"（对某人低语）、"sink to a whisper"（声音降低到耳语）。其过去式和过去分词为whispered，现在分词为whispering，第三人称单数为whispers，形容词为whispery，名词为whisperer。典型例句还包括"Don't you know it's rude to whisper?"（窃窃私语不礼貌）和"Fatso leaned over to whisper in her ear"（胖子欠身耳