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onomatopoeic

/on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‐mah-tuh‐/US // ˌɒn əˌmæt əˈpi ə, ‐ˌmɑ tə‐ //UK // (ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə) //

拟声词,拟声,象声词,拟声法

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
    • : a word so formed.
    • : the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect.

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Examples

  • The “boom” of a cannon (note of a bell, cry of the bittern) is distinct from this, being onomatopoeic.

  • In the vernacular the point is brought out by the onomatopoeic character of the lines, which cannot be rendered in English.

  • The English word may be of native origin and merely onomatopoeic.

  • With onomatopoeic effects it gives a vivid if unfriendly picture of a blacksmith's forge on a busy night.

  • In Language, its Origin and Development , he upholds the onomatopoeic theory.