echo
UK ['ek.əʊ] US [-oʊ] noun countable (plural echoes)
SOUND 声音
ADVANCED
■a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff 回声，回音，回响•The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.他的尖叫声在洞中回荡了好几秒钟。 •Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway.厚地毯会减弱走廊中的回音。
UK ['ek.əʊ] US [-oʊ] noun countable (plural echoes)
SIMILAR DETAIL 相似的东西
■a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else 十分相似的东西；如出一辙的事物；仿效•There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions.她最早创作的钢琴曲有些地方模仿了莫劄特。
UK ['ek.əʊ] US [-oʊ] verb
SOUND 声音
ADVANCED intransitive
■If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space 回响；发出回声；响起回声•The sound of footsteps echoed round the hall.脚步声在大厅里回荡。 •Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.突然，大楼里响起一阵枪响。
UK ['ek.əʊ] US [-oʊ] verb
SIMILAR DETAILS 相似的东西
transitive
■to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else 重复，附和；使产生似曾相识的感觉•The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral.这座教堂的设计模仿了圣保罗大教堂。 •I've heard the Prime Minister's view echoed throughout the party.我听说党内普遍都附和首相的观点。
UK ['ek.əʊ] US [-oʊ] verb
echo down/through the ages
■to continue to have a particular effect for a long time 影响后世；留传•The ideas of Plato have echoed through the ages.柏拉图的思想已经流传了千百年。 |