echo
gb/ˈɛkoʊ/ us/ˈɛkoʊ/
A2
英语
~ 3800
义项
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名词
A2
entity
1
sound heard after reflection
A sound you hear again because it bounces back from a wall, mountain, or other hard surface.
用法模式:
an echo of [a sound/noise]
常见错误:
Learners sometimes confuse 'echo' with 'repeat', but 'echo' refers specifically to a sound reflecting back, not just saying something again.
近义词
reverberation (A more technical term often used in acoustics and audio engineering.)
反义词
silence (The complete absence of sound; opposite of having an audible reflection.)
搭配
faint echo
|loud echo
|hear an echo
|voice echo
|distant echo
主题
nature
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
动词
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.
用法模式:
[something] echoes [in/through place]
常见错误:
Some learners overuse 'echo' for any repeated event; it should be used for sound or very close figurative repetition.
近义词
resound (Emphasizes a loud, prolonged sound filling a space.)
反义词
muffle (To make a sound quieter so it cannot echo.)
搭配
echo through the hall
|words echoed
|gunshots echoed
|echo around
主题
nature
|communication
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
名词
B2
entity
3
something similar to a past thing
Something that looks or feels like something from before.
用法模式:
an echo of [something]
常见错误:
Learners may think 'echo' here means literal sound; it is figurative, meaning similarity or reminder.
近义词
reminder (Focuses on bringing something to mind rather than similarity in form or event.)
反义词
original (Something entirely new, without similarity to past things.)
搭配
an echo of history
|faint echoes of the past
|political echoes
主题
history
|art
|literature
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
语法
词典原形
echo
IPA
GB/ˈɛkoʊ/
US/ˈɛkoʊ/
音节与重音
echo (1 个音节)
Stress on 1st syllable (echo)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: echo
- Plural: echo, echoes, echos
Verb
- Base: echo
- 3rd Person Singular: echoes
- Present Participle: echoing
- Past: echoed
- Past Participle: echoed
词族
Forms
echoes
noun
echos
noun
echoing
verb
echoed
verb
Related words
echoey
adjective
Advanced or less common
echolocation
noun C1
echolocate
verb C1
相关表达
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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- The movie was with echoes of old noir films.
- His speech was with echoes of past leaders.