echo

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

¹ echo /ˈɛkoʊ/ noun

plural echoes

¹ echo

/ˈɛkoʊ/

noun

plural echoes

Learner's definition of ECHO

[count]

: a sound that is a copy of another sound and that is produced when sound waves bounce off a surface (such as a wall)回声；回响

We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.我们朝峡谷大声呼喊，听到了呼喊的回声。
the echo of footsteps in the hall走廊里脚步的回声
faint echoes 微弱的回音

a : something (such as a feature or quality) that repeats or resembles something else仿效的东西；相似的事物

His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.他的作品有许多地方是在仿效过去一些更著名诗人的作品。
The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.这本书的书名取自一首古老民歌的歌词。

b : something that is similar to something that happened or existed before翻版

The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.这一罪行令人不寒而栗，简直就是两年前震惊全市的那几起凶杀案的翻版。

² echo /ˈɛkoʊ/ verb

echoes; echoed; echoing

² echo

/ˈɛkoʊ/

verb

echoes; echoed; echoing

Learner's definition of ECHO

[no object]

a : to be filled with sounds and especially with echoes产生回响；发出回声

b : to fill a space, area, etc., with sounds and especially with echoes（声音）回响，回荡

— sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻

His words echoed in my head/ears. [=I kept thinking about what he had said]他的话时常在我的脑海中/耳边响起。

[+ object] : to repeat (what someone else has said or written)重复（…的话）

[+ object]

a : to have a feature or quality that repeats or resembles (something else)与（其他东西）类似

The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.这本书的名字源自一首古老的民歌的歌词。
The color of the sofa is echoed in the painting above it. = The painting echoes the color of the sofa. [=the color of the painting is like the color of the sofa]沙发颜色与它上方挂的那幅画的颜色相似。

b : to be similar to something that happened or existed before与（之前发生的事）类似