| 单词 | onomatopoetic |
| 释义 | onomatopoetic (once / 127090 pages) adj WORD FAMILY onomatopoetic: onomatopoetically+/onomatopoeia: onomatopoetic USAGE EXAMPLESThe amphibians are onomatopoetically named for the sound they make, which starts out with a whining tung and ends with a croaking gara. National Geographic(Aug 27, 2015) Unlike good names, pet names are frequendy meaningless, deliberately silly, ironic, even onomatopoetic. Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake(2003) “Grunt” he says, onomatopoetically, when annoyed with a last-minute change in his campaign schedule. New York Times(Oct 21, 2012) 1adj of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia Syn onomatopoeic 2adj (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer Syn|Ant echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical nonechoic not echoic or imitative of sound |
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