echo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛk.əʊ/    美 /ˈɛk.oʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. countable,uncountable
    — The babbling echo mocks the hounds.
  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said. countable,uncountable
  3. A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line. countable,uncountable
  4. Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them.
  5. Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The frustration with the political process that in the '60s led to the formation of resistance groups finds an echo in today's increasingly confrontational tactics.
  6. An insignificant indirect result; a ripple. countable,figuratively,uncountable
  7. The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed. countable,uncountable
  8. An individual discussion forum using the echomail system. countable,uncountable
    — When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of,countable,uncountable
  10. A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps. countable,uncountable
  11. A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner. countable,uncountable
  12. An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews. countable,uncountable
  13. Clipping of echocardiography. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,colloquial,uncountable
  14. Clipping of echocardiogram. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,colloquial,countable
    — […] his echocardiogram had been read as normal. […] Joseph interrupted, "But my echo was normal. How could it be my heart?"
动词 v.
  1. Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound. intransitive
    — With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.
  2. Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate. figuratively,intransitive
    — The sense that it takes outrageous fortune to get inoculated echoes here in the Bay Area, where pharmacies have canceled flu-shot clinics, doctors turn away pleading patients and health officials are reduced to telling panicked callers that they should practice good personal hygiene.
  3. To reflect back (a sound). transitive
    — Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng.
  4. To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.). figuratively,transitive
    — Sid echoed his father’s point of view.
  5. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system. transitive
    — The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
  6. To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds. intransitive

词形变化

echoes plural echos plural echoe alternative eccho alternative echoes present,singular,third-person echoing participle,present echoed participle,past echoed past echoe alternative eccho alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
anechoic applaud to the echo cheer to the echo echoacousia echoback echo boomer echocardiogram echocardiography echocardiology echo chamber echoencephalography echoendoscope echoendoscopic echoendoscopy echoer echoey echogenic echogenicity echogram echograph echography echoic echoise echoism echoist echoize echokinesis echokinetic echolalia echoless echolike echolocate echolocation echolocator echometer echo organ echo parakeet echopathy echophenomenon echophonocardiography echophony echoplanar echoplasia echo plate echoplex echo poem echo-ranging echoscope echo sounder echo sounding echo state network echo stop echostructural echostructure echo subject echotextural echotexture echo time echotomogram echotomography echo vowel echo word forward echo Hahn echo hypoecho hypoechoic isoecho light echo multiecho photo echo pre-echo re-echo spin echo subecho tape echo thought echo reecho echoable echoingly nonechoing outecho unechoed unechoing

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōbor.
Middle English eccho
English echo
From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōbor.
Middle English eccho
English echo
From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.
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