echo

1. N-COUNT An echo is a sound caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. 廻聲

He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the cave. 他聽了聽，除了自己聲音在山洞裡的廻響什麼都沒聽見。

2. V-I If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped. 廻響

His feet echoed on the hardwood floor. 他的腳步聲在硬木地板上廻響著。

3. V-I In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped. 發(fā)出廻聲

The room echoed. 房間發(fā)出了廻聲。

The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs. 走廊裡廻蕩著十幾條狗的吠聲。

4. V-T If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion. 附和

Their views often echo each other. 他們的見解常常彼此附和。

5. N-COUNT A detail or feature that reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo. 啓示

The accident has echoes of past disasters. 該事故讓人想到過(guò)去的那些災(zāi)難。

6. V-T If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other. 反映

Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling. 粉色和米色被選來(lái)反映天花板的那些顔色。

7. V-I If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people. 流傳

The old fable continues to echo down the centuries. 這一古老的寓言流傳了數(shù)個(gè)世紀(jì)。