单词 | reverberating |
释义 | reverberating (once / 8306 pages) adj Reverberating things echo deeply. If you live on a busy street, you're bound to occasionally hear music reverberating loudly from passing cars. Your deep-voiced uncle might have a reverberating laugh that bounces around the room at every family gathering. And if your brother decides to teach himself to play the electric guitar, the constant reverberating sound of his amp may make you pound on your bedroom wall in frustration. When something reverberates, it resounds, or echoes in a deep, vibrating way. Both the verb and adjective are rooted in the Latin reverberare, "beat back." WORD FAMILYreverberate: reverberated, reverberates, reverberating, reverberation, reverberative+/reverberation: reverberations USAGE EXAMPLES“Andrew” describes Scorsese’s new film as “a meditation and a prayer”, an experience that is still “reverberating” for him. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) “Ichi,” responds a smiling Christian, striking the X-ray paper with a reverberating pop. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) But the drastic increases profiled in the report helped turn drug pricing into a national issue, reverberating from late-night television to the campaign. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj characterized by resonance Syn resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberative reverberant having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
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