cacophony
英 [k?'k?f(?)n?]
美[k?'kɑf?ni]
- n. 刺耳的音調；不和諧音
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?cacophonies;形容詞:?cacophonous;
助記提示
cacophony：可call瘋你。如此難聽的聲音call你，你一定瘋了?——難聽的聲音。
中文詞源
cacophony 刺耳
caco-, 糟糕的，壞的，詞源同cack, 屎。-phone, 聲音。
英文詞源
- cacophony (n.)
- 1650s, from Greek kakophonia, from kakophonos "harsh sounding," from kakos "bad, evil" (see caco-) + phone "voice, sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Cacophonous.
雙語例句
- 1. All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.
- 周圍人聲嘈雜。
來自辭典例句
- 2. From its cacophony of sound, the room has suddenly become very still.
- 本來眾聲嘈雜的屋子里,突然變得非常肅靜.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Instant cacophony as the crowd inched forward step by step, coming, they're coming!
- 緊跟著人聲嘈亂起來,整群的人象機器似的一齊向前擁了一寸,又一寸, 來了! 來了!
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 4. The drivers behind him honked, and the cacophony grew louder.
- 后面的司機還在按喇叭, 且那刺耳的聲音越來越大.
來自互聯網
- 5. The cacophony lasted a long time and then suddenly stopped.
- 那個(刺耳的聲音)持續了好久然后突然停止了.
來自互聯網