echo
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An echo is a sound caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. 回声
He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the cave. 他听了听,除了自己声音在山洞里的回响什么都没听见。
2. V-I If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped. 回响
His feet echoed on the hardwood floor. 他的脚步声在硬木地板上回响着。
3. V-I In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped. 发出回声
The room echoed. 房间发出了回声。
The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs. 走廊里回荡着十几条狗的吠声。
4. V-T If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion. 附和
Their views often echo each other. 他们的见解常常彼此附和。
5. N-COUNT A detail or feature that reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo. 启示
The accident has echoes of past disasters. 该事故让人想到过去的那些灾难。
6. V-T If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other. 反映
Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling. 粉色和米色被选来反映天花板的那些颜色。
7. V-I If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people. 流传
The old fable continues to echo down the centuries. 这一古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。
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echo /ˈɛkəʊ/ (echoing,echoed,echoes)
剑桥词典
- You could hear the echo of footsteps in the stairwell of the building .
- He shouted into the mouth of the cave and waited for the echo.
- Bats have very poor eyesight but they use echoes to locate objects in the dark .
- There's nobody down the well - it's the echo of your own voice you are hearing .
- It was quite spooky when a second later the echo could be heard repeating down the valley .
echo noun [C] (SOUND)
a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff回声,回音,回响
The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds . 他的尖叫声在洞中回荡了好几秒钟。
Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway . 厚地毯会减弱走廊中的回音。
例句
echo noun [C] (SIMILAR DETAIL)
a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else
十分相似的东西;如出一辙的事物;仿效
There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions . 她最早创作的钢琴曲有些地方模仿了莫扎特。 返回 echo