单词 | onomatope |
释义 | onomatopen. A word formed by onomatopoeia. Also (rare): = onomatopoeia n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > onomatopoeia > word or form onomatope1828 onomatopoeiaa1831 onomatopoeian1860 ideophone1935 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Onomatope, a figure in which words are formed to resemble the sound made by the thing signified; as, to buzz, as bees... A word whose sound corresponds to the sound of the thing signified. 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 70 The chances of selection in the case of onomatopes would be still greater. 1874 C. A. Godde de Liancourt & F. Pincott (title) Primitive and universal laws of the formation, and development, of language, founded on the natural basis of onomatops. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Trains are still called puff-puffs or puffers as against the American onomatope choo-choo. 1951 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Ireland 81 1/2 The Hebrew RWH..is an onomatope and denotes violent breathing out of air in contrast to ordinary breathing. 1991 Comments on Etymol. 20 20 I already suggested that the multi-purpose onomatope kwe-lowe might be the source of Hittite huek ‘implore’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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