单词 | resonate |
释义 | resonate (once / 6065 pages) v To resonate is to make, hear, or even understand a deep, full sound. Your speech about the dangers of scarves and convertibles will resonate with your audience if you tell the story of Isadora Duncan's death. The verb resonate, which comes from the Latin resonatum, first referred only to sound, but has now developed an emotional connotation. Resonate sounds a whole lot like another verb, resound, but they have subtly different meanings. Resound means “to repeat the sound,” but resonate means “to expand, amplify.” Sound can resonate when broadcast through speakers, and so can an idea or feeling, when expressed articulately or with passion. WORD FAMILYresonate: resonated, resonates, resonating, resonator+/resonator: resonators USAGE EXAMPLES"We built our case upon arguments that will resonate in the Supreme Court." Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) But Jacobs also thought of something else, something that should resonate across a town whose sports seasons are measured by scabs and scars. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Fry’s film is a sly satire that still resonates today. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1v sound with resonance The sound resonates well in this theater Syn|Hypo|Hyper vibrate make vibrant sounds, purr indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats go, sound make a certain noise or sound 2v be received or understood Syn|Hypo come across strike a chord create an emotional response |
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