释义 |
echo I. \ˈe(ˌ)kō\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to cry (said of a child), Greek ēchē, ēchos, sound, and perhaps Sanskrit vagnu sound, cry 1. : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves : the sound due to such reflection 2. a. : a repetition or imitation (as of the style or ideas) of another : reflection < you catch the echo everywhere of this strong sense of purpose — Joseph Alsop > < containing strong echoes from the work of older and greater poets > : repercussion, result < the economic collapse had dangerous political echoes > : survival, trace, vestige < echoes of an older culture linger in the area > : response < his appeal would find a sympathetic echo in most minds — Roger Fry > b. : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts < the minister may … become a pious echo of their opinions — W.L.Sperry > 3. : the repetition of a sound, syllable, word, or phrase for rhetorical or poetic purposes; especially : repetition in imitation of an echo popular in 16th and 17th century poetry at the end of a line or stanza — see echo verse 4. a. : a soft repetition of a musical phrase b. : echo organ c. : echo stop d. : a mute used to soften and modify the tone of brass wind instruments 5. a. : a signal in whist play in response to a signal given by one's partner; specifically : the trump signal by a player whose partner has previously given the trump signal b. : the play or discard in bridge of an unnecessarily high card followed by a lower one — compare high-low 6. a. : the repetition of a received radio signal a perceptible time after the signal is first received due to the travel of the radio waves over a path (as the indirect path when the waves are reflected from an ionized layer of the atmosphere) other than the most direct path between transmitter and receiver b. (1) : the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object (2) : the visual indication of this reflection as seen on a radarscope : blip, pip • - to the echo II. \“, in pres part “ or ˈekəw\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) intransitive verb 1. a. : to resound with echoes < woods echoing with the chopping of axes > : produce echoes or become repeated by echoes < the sound of battle echoed over all the hills — Farley Mowat > b. : to repeat like an echo < “a fine life”, he said … “a fine life”, he echoed, drowsily — Laura Krey > 2. : repeat < a theme which echoes throughout the novel — Ruth Suckow > : become reflected or fine renewed expression < the effects of this revolutionary change still echo throughout human anatomy and physiology — Weston La Barre > 3. : to make an echo in a game of cards (as bridge) transitive verb 1. : repeat, imitate < echoing the words and ideas of his famous father > < cushions in faint colors that echo the carpet — Rumer Godden > 2. : to send back or repeat (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves III. \ˈe(ˌ)kō\ Usage: usually capitalized — a communications code word for the letter e |