echo
noun[C]
uk/ˈek.əʊ/us/ˈek.oʊ/pluralechoesechonoun[C](SOUND)
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asoundthat isheardafter it has beenreflectedoff asurfacesuch as awallor acliff:
回声,回音,回响The echoes of hisscreamsoundedin thecavefor severalseconds.他的尖叫声在洞中回荡了好几秒钟。
Thickcarpetwouldreducethe echo in thishallway.厚地毯会减弱走廊中的回音。
- You couldhearthe echo offootstepsin thestairwellof thebuilding.
- Heshoutedinto themouthof thecaveandwaitedfor the echo.
- Bats have verypooreyesightbut they use echoes tolocateobjectsin thedark.
- There's nobody down the well - it's the echo ofyourownvoiceyou arehearing.
- It wasquitespookywhen a secondlaterthe echo could beheardrepeatingdown thevalley.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
echonoun[C](SIMILAR DETAIL)
adetailthat issimilarto and makes youremembersomethingelse:
十分相似的东西;如出一辙的事物;仿效There are echoesofMozart in her firstpianocompositions.她最早创作的钢琴曲有些地方模仿了莫扎特。
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- jog
- recall
- remindsomeoneofsomething/someone
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- shade
- stamp
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echo
verb
uk/ˈek.əʊ/us/ˈek.oʊ/echoverb(SOUND)
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If asoundechoes or aplaceechoes with asound, youhearthesoundagain because you are in alarge,emptyspace:
回响;发出回声;响起回声Thesoundoffootstepsechoedaroundthehall.脚步声在大厅里回荡。
Suddenly, thebuildingechoedwiththesoundofgunfire.突然,大楼里响起一阵枪炮声。
- Myvoiceechoed around thehall.
- Aheavyartillerybarrageechoed through thenight.
- Aloudbangechoed through thedistrict.
- Sobbing andscreamingechoed round thesmallspace.
- Charities andaidagencieshave all echoed thisview.
Sound & its properties
- acoustic
- acoustically
- anechoic
- anti-noise
- aurally
- diapason
- echo chamber
- high def
- high definition
- monaural
- monaurally
- mono
- quadraphonic
- reverberate
- silken
- sonic
- sonority
- soundproof
- thunder
- trill
echoverb(SIMILAR DETAILS)
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torepeatdetailsthat aresimilarto, and make youthinkof, somethingelse:
重复,附和;使产生似曾相识的感觉Thedesignof thechurchechoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral.这座教堂的设计模仿了圣保罗大教堂。
I'veheardtheprimeminister'sviewechoedthroughouttheparty.我听说党内普遍都附和首相的观点。
Saying again
- dinsomethingintosomeone
- drill
- drum
- drumsomethingintosomeone
- flog
- flogyourselfto deathidiom
- hammer
- iterate
- labour
- labour the pointidiom
- reaffirm
- rehearse
- relay
- rephrase
- restate
- restatement
- retell
- retread
- retweet
- run over/throughsomething
Idiom
echo down/through the ages