noisemaker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.
    — Women will gather at Filenes with pots and pans as noise-makers and march to Deak-Perera, a firm which sells the South African gold coin.
  2. A device comprising a handle with a ratchet at one end, with the ratchet end contained within a box that serves as an echo chamber, so that swinging or moving the device causes the ratchet to rotate within the box, creating a series of loud clicking sounds

词形变化

noisemakers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English noise
Proto-Germanic *makaz
Proto-West Germanic *mak
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *makōn?
Old English macian
Middle English maken
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English maker
English maker
English noisemaker
From noise + maker.
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