onomatopoeic 的定义
- 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.
onomatopoeic 近义词
echoic
更多onomatopoeic例句
- 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.