Echo
['ekəʊ] or ['ɛko]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
乔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
希勒尔錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Reverberation, reflected sound.
v. n. Resound, reverberate, be sounded back.
v. a. [1]. Reverberate, reëcho.[2]. Repeat, sound again.
錄入:诺顿
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Reverberation, resonance, repetition, imitation, answer
ANT:Sound, voice, original, question, proposition, statement, opinion
伊莎贝拉錄入
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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.
校對:沃尔多
娱乐性解釋/意思：
The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.
錄入:麦克唐纳
例句/造句/用法:
- An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The doctor set down sixty-four, and thenceforth the echo moved too fast for him, also. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- His laugh had not quite left him either, but it was like the echo of a joyful sound, and that is always sorrowful. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- My only answer was my own voice reverberating in a rolling echo from the cliffs around me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- How many a thing had she said, and got no echo from him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Das war ausgezeichnet, das war famos--' 'Wirklich famos,' echoed his exhausted daughters, faintly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- His steps echoed through the low building with a hollow sound, and he almost feared to be alone, it was so still and quiet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The paternal laugh was echoed by Joseph, who thought the joke capital. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A great deal, echoed Caliphronas, with an evil smile. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Now, come and take your place in the circle, and let us sit quiet, and hear the echoes about which you have your theory. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He was overjoyed at seeing me, and to know the meaning of the fight, faint echoes of which had reached his prison cell. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- At this point a voice echoes down the centuries to us. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She had not felt so stunned--so impressed as she did now, when echoes of Mr. Thornton's voice yet lingered about the room. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Let greater echoes resound as they would, the young mother at the cradle side could always hear those coming. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I hear echoing footsteps in the passages below, and the iron thumping of bolts and bars at the house door. 威爾基·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I hadn't hardly got back here when I heard a shot go echoing and rattling right away into the inn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I did at one time mean, said Miss Flite, echoing the sigh, to nominate, constitute, and appoint poor Gridley. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High Street. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
校對:普拉特