单词 | echo stop |
释义 | echo stop in British English (ˈɛkəʊ stɒp) noun another word for echo (sense 9) echo in British English (ˈɛkəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -oes 1. a. the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium, esp a solid object b. the sound so reflected 2. a repetition or imitation, esp an unoriginal reproduction of another's opinions 3. something that evokes memories, esp of a particular style or era 4. (sometimes plural) an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared; repercussion the echoes of the French Revolution 5. a person who copies another, esp one who obsequiously agrees with another's opinions 6. a. the signal reflected by a radar target b. the trace produced by such a signal on a radar screen 7. the repetition of certain sounds or syllables in a verse line 8. the quiet repetition of a musical phrase 9. Also called: echo organ, echo stop a manual or stop on an organ that controls a set of quiet pipes that give the illusion of sounding at a distance 10. an electronic effect in recorded music that adds vibration or resonance verbWord forms: -oes, -oing or -oed 11. to resound or cause to resound with an echo the cave echoed their shouts 12. (intransitive) (of sounds) to repeat or resound by echoes; reverberate 13. (transitive) (of persons) to repeat (words, opinions, etc), in imitation, agreement, or flattery 14. (transitive) (of things) to resemble or imitate (another style, earlier model, etc) 15. (transitive) (of a computer) to display (a character) on the screen of a visual display unit as a response to receiving that character from a keyboard entry Derived forms echoing (ˈechoing) adjective echoless (ˈecholess) adjective echo-like (ˈecho-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: via Latin from Greek ēkhō; related to Greek ēkhē sound |
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