cacophony

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n. 不愉快的音调, 不协和音, 杂音

发音

UK /kəˈkɒfəni/
US /kəˈkɑfəni/
AU

词形变化

cacophonies 复数 cacophonies

别名

cacophonia

教材释义与例句

名词

刺耳的音调；不和谐音

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

    不协和音

    杂音

    可数 不可数

    1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

blaring din blare clamor

上位词 2

noise dissonance

词源

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ (kăkophōnĭ́ā)bor. French cacophonieder. English cacophony From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.

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