单词 | echo |
释义 | echo (ekoʊ ) Word forms: echoes , echoing , echoed 1. countable noun An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the cave. [+ of] Synonyms: reverberation, ringing, repetition, answer 2. verb If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped. His feet echoed on the bare board floor. [VERB] The bang came suddenly, echoing across the buildings, shattering glass. [VERB preposition/adverb] 3. verb In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped. The room echoed. [VERB] The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs. [VERB + with] ...the bare stone floors and the echoing hall. [VERB-ing] 4. verb If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion. Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages. [VERB noun] Their views often echo each other. [VERB noun] 'That was a truly delicious piece of lamb,' he said. 'Yes, wasn't it?' echoed Penelope. [VERB with quote] Synonyms: recall, reflect, copy, mirror 5. countable noun [usually with supplement] An echo is an expression of an attitude, opinion, or statement which has already been expressed. I hear an echo of the thinking that got us into this mess in the first place. Political attacks work only if they find an echo with voters. 6. countable noun A detail or feature which reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo. The accident has echoes of past disasters. [+ of] Synonyms: reminder, suggestion, trace, hint 7. verb If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other. Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling. [VERB noun] 8. verb If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people. The old fable continues to echo down the centuries. [VERB preposition] Idioms: cheer someone to the echo [British, old-fashioned] to applaud someone loudly for a long time Supporters turned out in their thousands to watch some of the best squash played in their country. They cheered Jansher to the echo. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: carry an echo That anxious perplexity certainly carries an echo a century later. The Times Literary Supplement But for those of us who are growing long-toothed and cynical, this new must-have carries echoes of previous 'great office ideas'. Times, Sunday Times His stump speeches carry echoes of 1969. Times, Sunday Times The allegorical references, to the body, to spirituality; the portrait film format carries echoes of crucifixion. Times, Sunday Times Facts are fragmented into sensations, isolated in details from its context, carrying echoes of earlier times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I echo that sentiment - too often tactics come before truth. Times, Sunday Times Many others echo the sentiment. Times, Sunday Times Other photographers echo this sentiment. Times, Sunday Times Highly successful professionals all over the world echo that sentiment: what can we do to make our lives more meaningful? Times, Sunday Times The players him echo that sentiment. The Sun New love echoes your thoughts. The Sun Please do something other than echo the thoughts of your peers. The Sun Her characters echo her thoughts. Times, Sunday Times My footsteps echo loudly through the empty rooms. Smithsonian She begins on a strident note, her voice echoing loudly in the dark depths on the arena. Times, Sunday Times A quiet moment of faithful affection, echoing loudly through the years. Christianity Today The six-foot pendulum that governs the clock's timing will move at a 'satisfyingly slow' rate, making it tick once every ten seconds, echoing loudly inside the stairwell. Times, Sunday Times Now sing a cheerful and blessed song, the jubilation as the air permeates echoed loudly by the heart and tie a band around us. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Too many hard structures and stodgy evergreens can lead to a garden lacking any sound apart from the eerie echo of your own footsteps as you walk through it. Times, Sunday Times But right now he's at the centre of a prospective bid battle that carries eerie echoes from his past. Times, Sunday Times At first, though, he rides by her as she stands near a shipwreck protruding from the sand; she seems like an eerie echo from his nightmares. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gravitational waves now offer the possibility that we may not just see, but hear and feel that faint echo of cosmic creation. Times, Sunday Times In the distance, you can hear the faint echo of past glories, feel the yearning for more. Times, Sunday Times Bats hunt flying insects; these insects return a faint echo of the bat's call. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No glib conclusions are drawn and contemporary political events are faint echoes at best. The Times Literary Supplement As a result, even first-time skiers can get a taste of the terrain park, courtesy of faint echoes of freeskiing features sculpted into the snow. Times, Sunday Times It's one of those places where your footsteps echo in the street. Times, Sunday Times My footsteps echo loudly through the empty rooms. Smithsonian Footsteps echo through seemingly empty rooms. Times,Sunday Times Already we hear an echo of wartime, with governments worrying about 'food security'. Times, Sunday Times You could feel the history, hear the echo of past glories. Times, Sunday Times You can almost hear the echo of vanished footsteps upon stretching floorboards. Times, Sunday Times On a couple of sharp bends you can almost hear the echo of tyre squeals. Times, Sunday Times A platform under the bridge's central arch lets visitors hear the echo that earned the bridge its name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An oddly soothing rain of sound echoes through the room: metallic pings, rattles, and clatters, some sharp, some soft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The poems display good use of metaphors, verbal and sound echoes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sea monster's singing speech, acts like a dolphin's own speech - the sound echoes in the ocean. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's a slight pause, before a tiny voice echoes back from the next valley. The Sun His voice echoes slightly, bouncing off the pilastered walls. Globe and Mail Her voice echoes vulnerability and rings with emotional integrity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The singer's voice echoes as the piano strings reverberate sympathetically with the singer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In desperation he shouted Al's name, his voice echoing through the air chamber, hoping but never really expecting to hear a reply. INCA GOLD (1994) I put my head back against Andy's amplifier (25) and listened to his voice echo. MUSIC FOR BOYS (2003) Be your usual, bolshy self,' Isadora's voice echoed in her head. JUST BETWEEN US (2002) That's never a lion,' Posy's voice echoed eerily against the corrugated roof. TICKLED PINK (2002) Translations: Chinese: 回声, 发出回声, 呼应 Japanese: 反響, こだまする, 同調する |
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