n. i.e.notice口哨；（引申義）注意。
△Lr.4.2.29: “I have been worth the whistle.”i.e.There was atime when I was worthy of notice. (cf. the proverb.“It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling.”) 往常我還值得人對我吹吹口哨呢(又譯：值得人注意呢)。(按：whistle又作whistling，意同。)
whistle
vb. whistle off: release (hawk) from fist,set (an un-tamed hawk) free把（鷹）從手上放出，把（不馴的鷹）釋放。
△Oth.3.3.260: “If I do prove her haggard,Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,I'd whistle her off,and let her down the wind”，(If hawks were released down the wind,they seldom re-turned.)倘使我證明了她真是野性不馴，哪怕系著她的帶子是自己的心弦，我也要吹一聲口哨放她順風而去。
whistle[(h)wisl]
n. 口 哨（聲），汽笛（聲），哨子v. 吹哨，鳴笛，嘯叫
◇ blow the whistle on sb.使某人立即停止做某事
clean as a whistle 非常清潔
wet one’s whistle 喝飲料
whistle in the dark 給自己壯膽，吹口哨
whistle down the wind 放棄，白費口舌，誹謗
‖ whistle code 哨音符號
whistle signal 哨聲信號
whistler valve 笛閥
whistling arrow 響箭
whistling sound 嘯聲
whistling tone 哨音口哨（聲），汽笛（聲）