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onomatopoeia

n.拟声,拟声法

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onomatopoeia为短语/超纲词汇

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副词:onomatopoeically 形容词:onomatopoeic

词根

onym=name(名字)

onomatopoeia


/,ɒnə,mætə'pɪə; ,ɑnə,mætə`piə/
n [U] combination of sounds in a word that imitates or suggests what the word refers to eg hiss, cuckoo, thud 拟声; 象声词(如hiss、cuckoo、thud).

onomatopoeia


n[U]technical
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin:Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma 'name' + poiein 'to make']
the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example 'hiss' or 'boom'
>onomatopoeicadj