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onomatopoetic

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

拟声词,象声词,拟声,拟声学

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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

  • In the cultural languages they recur, if at all, only in the onomatopoetic word-formations of later origin.

  • Then follows the march, expressed both in musical notes and onomatopoetic words.

  • So much sound makes us suspicious of the sense, but a little closer ear appreciates delicate and telling onomatopoetic effects.

  • “Literary impressionism,” which is largely the use of onomatopoetic words, is a valuable factor in the artistic short story.

  • As we know, music is a language which may delineate actual occurrences by means of onomatopoetic sounds.