Dutch English Dictionary

Nederlands, Vlaams - English

geluid in English:

1. noise noise


Don't make noise.
There have been a lot of complaints in the last few days about the amount of noise coming from your apartment.
Noise is the most serious problem for those who live around the airports.
I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
The Waterfront's success could mean that other cities soon follow, creating areas that offer people a new kind of city living, with all the benefits and none of the stress, noise and pollution of crowded centres.
To no one's surprise, loud noise has been proved to affect one's sense of hearing.
We sometimes disparagingly call noise, music that's insignificant and devoid of any charm.
Noise is produced by the sudden flow of current into a solenoid.
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Music that doesn't transmit feelings, images, thoughts, or memories is just background noise.
Before now, when you thought of a city, you thought of crowded streets, parking problems, traffic jams, queues, noise and fumes.
Noise pollution could be avoided if only people were more sensitive to the environment.
Near the west side of the park there's a lot of noise from the road, but when you go into the park you can't hear it any more.
Living in the noise and bustle of a large city, we sometimes feel like going into the country.

2. sound sound


Rugs absorb sound.
A person who makes an easy matter sound difficult does not seem to be so smart.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must be willing to practice saying the same sentence over and over in the same way that banjo players practice the same phrase over and over until they can play it correctly and at the desired tempo.
Although the man's ideas are sound, because he can't express them well, he doesn't have a ghost of a chance of getting them accepted.
Killing is forbidden; every murderer is punished, unless he has killed accompanied by many men and to the sound of trumpets.
As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
Please prepare a CD player so that you can quickly playback the sound you want to record.
You can make sounds by combining letters in Modern Greek. For example you can use μπ to make the sound "b", ντ to make the sound "d", γκ to make the sound "g" and τζ to make the sound "dj".
MPEC-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.
The ticket clerk found baggage placed under a bench in the hall, and the ticking sound inside it made him worried.
This is not about my capabilities. Even if I never had heard the slightest sound of english, I still could kneel down and put my face on the ground to show my submission. But who can force me into that?
As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.
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