单词 | onomatopy |
释义 | onomatopyn. Now rare. = onomatopoeia n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > onomatopoeia onomatopoeia1553 new-namer1589 onomatopy1658 onomatopoesis1864 onomatopoesy1885 onomatopoeics1934 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Onomatopy [1678–96 -pæa], the faining of a name, from any kind of sound, as Bombarda, i. a Gun, from the sounding of bom. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 288 The word tic is commonly supposed to be an onomatopy or a sound expressive of the action it imports. 1863 R. G. Parker Aids to Eng. Composition 104 Onomatopœia, or Onomatopy, consists in the formation of words in such a manner that the sound shall imitate the sense. a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) 133 ‘Launchchchchch’ was a lovely new onomatopy for the motor-boats. 1947 Word 3 9 The element of onomatopy in language is too slight to invalidate the general principle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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