echo
gb/ˈɛkoʊ/ us/ˈɛkoʊ/
A2
Anglų
~ 3800
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
Daiktavardis
A2
entity
1
sound heard after reflection
A sound you hear again because it bounces back from a wall, mountain, or other hard surface.
Vartosenos šablonas:
an echo of [a sound/noise]
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'echo' with 'repeat', but 'echo' refers specifically to a sound reflecting back, not just saying something again.
Sinonimai
reverberation (A more technical term often used in acoustics and audio engineering.)
Antonimai
silence (The complete absence of sound; opposite of having an audible reflection.)
Kolokacijos
faint echo
|loud echo
|hear an echo
|voice echo
|distant echo
Temos
nature
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- Her voice produced an echo in the empty hall.
- We heard the echo of our footsteps in the cave.
- The canyon walls created a long, rolling echo.
- He shouted and waited for the echo to return.
- The microphone picked up an echo during the recording.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I heard an echo when I shouted.
- The cave made a big echo.
- We heard an echo in the tunnel.
- She shouted and an echo came back.
- The hall gave an echo of his voice.
Veiksmažodis
B1
action
2
to make a reflected sound
To make a sound that comes back to you, or to say something that someone else has just said.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[something] echoes [in/through place]
Dažna klaida:
Some learners overuse 'echo' for any repeated event; it should be used for sound or very close figurative repetition.
Sinonimai
resound (Emphasizes a loud, prolonged sound filling a space.)
Antonimai
muffle (To make a sound quieter so it cannot echo.)
Kolokacijos
echo through the hall
|words echoed
|gunshots echoed
|echo around
Temos
nature
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- Gunfire echoed through the valley.
- Her laughter echoed in the empty room.
- The teacher's words echoed in his mind long after class.
- The canyon echoed with the roar of water.
- His shout echoed across the lake.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The gunshot echoed in the street.
- His voice echoed in the cave.
- The hall echoed with music.
- Her laugh echoed in the room.
- The canyon echoed with their voices.
Daiktavardis
B2
entity
3
something similar to a past thing
Something that looks or feels like something from before.
Vartosenos šablonas:
an echo of [something]
Dažna klaida:
Learners may think 'echo' here means literal sound; it is figurative, meaning similarity or reminder.
Sinonimai
reminder (Focuses on bringing something to mind rather than similarity in form or event.)
Antonimai
original (Something entirely new, without similarity to past things.)
Kolokacijos
an echo of history
|faint echoes of the past
|political echoes
Temos
history
|art
|literature
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- The design has echoes of ancient Greek architecture.
- His speech contained echoes of his earlier campaign promises.
- The painting is an echo of her previous work.
- There were echoes of old conflicts in their argument.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- This song has echoes of old music.
- The building shows echoes of Roman style.
- Her story is an echo of my own life.
- The movie has echoes of real events.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
echo
IPA
GB/ˈɛkoʊ/
US/ˈɛkoʊ/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
echo (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (echo)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: echo
- Plural: echo, echoes, echos
Verb
- Base: echo
- 3rd Person Singular: echoes
- Present Participle: echoing
- Past: echoed
- Past Participle: echoed
Žodžių šeima
Forms
echoes
noun
echos
noun
echoing
verb
echoed
verb
Related words
echoey
adjective
Advanced or less common
echolocation
noun C1
echolocate
verb C1
Posakiai
echo back
1/ˈɛkoʊ bˈæk/
phrasal verb
repeat what was just heard
To say or make a sound that is the same as one you just heard.
Pavyzdžiai
- The mountains echoed back our shouts.
- She echoed back his words to make sure she understood them.
echo chamber
1/ˈɛkoʊ t͡ʃˈeɪmbɚ/
fixed phrase
place where only similar views are heard
A situation where you only hear ideas that are the same as yours, so your opinion never changes.
Pavyzdžiai
- Social media can become an echo chamber where opposing views are never seen.
- Living in an echo chamber makes it hard to understand other perspectives.
with echoes of
1/wˈɪθ ˈɛkoʊz əv/
fixed phrase
having similarities to something else
Having parts that are like something from before.
Pavyzdžiai
- The movie was with echoes of old noir films.
- His speech was with echoes of past leaders.