单词 | sound effect |
释义 | > as lemmassound effect sound effect n. (a) originally U.S. (usually in plural), a sound typical of an event or evocative of an atmosphere, produced artificially in a play, film, etc. (cf. effect n. 4c); also attributive and transferred; (b) the effect produced by the sound of a word. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > sound-effect sound effect1909 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > sound effect sound effect1909 1909 Moving Picture World 10 July 56/1 (advt.) Yerkes & Co... Manufacturers of high grade sound effects for moving pictures. 1911 D. S. Hulfish Cycl. Motion-pict. Work II. 191 The orchestra comprises pianist and drummer, and a ‘sound effect’ man. 1928 Exhibitor's Herald & Moving Picture World 28 Apr. 21/2 The experts of Victor..will..arrange for the synchronized orchestration and sound effects for this picture, in which airplane battles will have an important part. 1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 298/1 Passing over such obviousness as bang, crash, hiss..we see that imitation is most effective when the echoism and sound-effects extend over a succession of words. 1951 W. Empson Struct. Complex Words 412 Rebuke is prim, apparently from the sound-effect. 1958 Listener 25 Dec. 1091/3 The studio managers who twiddle the knobs and the sound-effects engineers. 1966 Listener 24 Feb. 284/1 A meteorite passed across the sky and produced a brilliant light, together with sound effects. 1972 P. Black Biggest Aspidistra i. iv. 36 Producers deplored the attention their ingenuities received, but the public was and is fascinated by sound effects. < as lemmas |
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