单词 | onomatopoeia |
释义 | onomatopoeia From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Literature Linguisticsonomatopoeiaon‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧ia /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə $ ˌɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] technicalSLthe use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’ —onomatopoeic adjectiveExamples from the Corpusonomatopoeia• The phonetic sequences involved in either onomatopoeia or sound symbolism are clearly not to be considered semantic constituents.• This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there is no question of auditory resemblance.Origin onomatopoeia (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma “name” + poiein “to make” |
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