| 单词 | cacophony |
| 释义 | cacophony (once / 12548 pages) n A cacophony is a mishmash of unpleasant sounds, often at loud volume. It's what you'd hear if you gave instruments to a group of four-year-olds and asked them to play one of Beethoven's symphonies. A cacophony is a jarring, discordant mix of sounds that have no business being played together. When the orchestra tunes up before a show, it sounds like a cacophony because each musician is playing a completely different tune, at different times, and at different volumes. Once the show begins, that cacophony had better turn into a melody, or audiences will demand a refund. This allegedly occurred during the first time Igor Stravinsky's score for the ballet "The Rite of Spring" was performed because its difficult composition and discordant tone was shocking. WORD FAMILYcacophony: cacophonic, cacophonies, cacophonous+/cacophonous: cacophonously USAGE EXAMPLESBy disrupting the time sequence, the misaligned circuit board created a cacophony of signals and blocked all communication with the missiles. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) Videos of the resulting cacophony are posted online. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) Not only did the Los Angeles sports terrain shift, but it did so with such dramatic force that the accompanying cacophony will be remembered forever. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n loud confusing disagreeable sounds Hyper dissonance disagreeable sounds 2n a loud harsh or strident noise Syn|Hyper blare, blaring, clamor, clamour, din noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
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