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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

echo

英  [ˈekəʊ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • echoes

    1. [C 可数名词] 回声

    An echo is a sound caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall.

    双语例句

    例：

    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音，其他什么都没听见。

    2. [C 可数名词] 再现

    A detail or feature that reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo.

    双语例句

    例：

    The accident has echoes of past disasters.

    这起事故让人想到过去的那些灾难。

    VERB. 动词

  • echoes , echoing , echoed

    1. [I 不及物动词] 回响

    If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped.

    近义词

    reverberate

    双语例句

    例：

    His feet echoed on the hardwood floor.

    他的脚步声在硬木地板上回响着。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 发出回声

    In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped.

    双语例句

    例：

    The room echoed.

    房间发出了回声。

    例：

    The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs.

    走廊里回荡着十几条狗的吠声。

    3. [T 及物动词] 重复 , 附和

    If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion.

    双语例句

    例：

    Their views often echo each other.

    他们的观点常常彼此附和。

    4. [T 及物动词] 模仿 , 仿效

    If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other.

    近义词

    repeat

    双语例句

    例：

    Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.

    选用粉色和米色来仿效天花板的颜色。

    5. [I 不及物动词] 流传

    If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people.

    双语例句

    例：

    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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