Echo
['ekəʊ] or ['ɛko]
解释:
(noun.) an imitation or repetition; 'the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life'.
(noun.) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; 'his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau'; 'Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man'.
(noun.) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; 'she could hear echoes of her own footsteps'.
(noun.) a reflected television or radio or radar beam.
(noun.) a reply that repeats what has just been said.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained.
(verb.) call to mind; 'His words echoed John F. Kennedy'.
乔校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
(n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
(n.) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
(n.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
(v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
(v. t.) To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.
(v. i.) To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
希勒尔录入
同义词及近义词：
n. Reverberation, reflected sound.
v. n. Resound, reverberate, be sounded back.
v. a. [1]. Reverberate, reëcho.[2]. Repeat, sound again.
录入:诺顿
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Reverberation, resonance, repetition, imitation, answer
ANT:Sound, voice, original, question, proposition, statement, opinion
伊莎贝拉录入
解释:
n. the repetition of sound caused by a sound-wave coming against some opposing surface and being reflected: a device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line: imitation: an imitator:—pl. Echoes (ek′ōz).—v.i. to reflect sound: to be sounded back: to resound.—v.t. to send back the sound of: to repeat a thing said: to imitate: to flatter slavishly:—pr.p. ech′ōing; pa.p. ech′ōed.—ns. Ech′oism the formation of imitative words; Ech′oist one who repeats like an echo.—adj. Ech′oless giving no echo unresponsive.—ns. Echom′eter an instrument for measuring the length of sounds; Echom′etry the art of measuring such.—Cheer to the echo to applaud most heartily so that the room resounds.
整理:莱克格斯
娱乐性解释：
To dream of an echo, portends that distressful times are upon you. Your sickness may lose you your employment, and friends will desert you in time of need.
校对:沃尔多
娱乐性解释：
The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.
录入:麦克唐纳
例句:
- An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The doctor set down sixty-four, and thenceforth the echo moved too fast for him, also. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- His laugh had not quite left him either, but it was like the echo of a joyful sound, and that is always sorrowful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- My only answer was my own voice reverberating in a rolling echo from the cliffs around me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- How many a thing had she said, and got no echo from him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Das war ausgezeichnet, das war famos--' 'Wirklich famos,' echoed his exhausted daughters, faintly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- His steps echoed through the low building with a hollow sound, and he almost feared to be alone, it was so still and quiet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The paternal laugh was echoed by Joseph, who thought the joke capital. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- A great deal, echoed Caliphronas, with an evil smile. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Now, come and take your place in the circle, and let us sit quiet, and hear the echoes about which you have your theory. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- He was overjoyed at seeing me, and to know the meaning of the fight, faint echoes of which had reached his prison cell. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- At this point a voice echoes down the centuries to us. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Morning was breaking over the cheerful house-tops of Chancery Lane as the rattling cab woke up the echoes there. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She had not felt so stunned--so impressed as she did now, when echoes of Mr. Thornton's voice yet lingered about the room. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Let greater echoes resound as they would, the young mother at the cradle side could always hear those coming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I hear echoing footsteps in the passages below, and the iron thumping of bolts and bars at the house door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The man's footsteps were so noisy on the echoing stones that he was unwilling to add the sound of his own. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- I hadn't hardly got back here when I heard a shot go echoing and rattling right away into the inn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I did at one time mean, said Miss Flite, echoing the sigh, to nominate, constitute, and appoint poor Gridley. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High Street. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
校对:普拉特