| 单词 | auditory |
| 释义 | auditory (once / 5356 pages) adj If you describe something as auditory, it is related to the process of hearing. If someone says "Surrender Dorothy" and you hear "Where's the laundry," you have an auditory problem. The word auditory is based on the Latin word audire, meaning to hear. If you have an auditory processing disorder, you may have trouble discerning conversation in a noisy room, or hear a ringing sound at all times. Some teachers think there's something wrong with their students' auditory capacity, but actually they're just being ignored. WORD FAMILYauditory USAGE EXAMPLESSome speculate that it represents temporal-lobe epilepsy, others schizophrenia; auditory hallucinations are common in both conditions. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Every time it circulates through the auditory canals of most Alabamians, an extra letter resonates profanely. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Auditory and speech processing areas then "lit up" and changed their pattern of activity over time, apparently tuning in to the words among the distortion. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) adj of or relating to the process of hearing auditory processing Syn audile, auditive |
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