| 词汇 | onomatopoeia |
| 释义 | onomatopoeiaWord family adjectiveonomatopoeicnounonomatopoeiaadverbonomatopoeically Linguistics, Literature on·o·mat·o·poe·ia /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə $ ˌɑːn-/ noun [uncountableU] technical SLthe use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’ 拟声法，拟声，象声 —onomatopoeic adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus onomatopoeia• The phonetic sequences involved in either onomatopoeia or sound symbolism are clearly not to be considered semantic constituents.• This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there is no question of auditory resemblance. (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma “name” + poiein “to make” |
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