- An echo is a repetition or imitation of sound. When sound waves hit a hard surface they might reflect, making the sound bounce and repeat. If you agree with someone, you might echo his or her statement.
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- vt. 反射；重复
- vi. 随声附和；发出回声
- n. 回音；效仿
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1. Then the father explains,"People call this echo, but really this is LIFE.
这时父亲解释说：“人们称这为‘回音’，但实际上这就是‘人生’。
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2. In the music of her voice, an echo sounded from long ago, and as I rested by her side, the decades dissolved.
在她音乐般的嗓音中，传来许久之前的回音，我躺在她身边，数十年的时光为之消却。
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3. We shouted in the valley, and in an instant the echo came from the hillside with great distinctness.
我们在山谷中高呼， 回声霎时间就从山腰上清晰地返回。
- echo (n.) mid-14c., "sound repeated by reflection," from Latin echo, from Greek echo, personified in classical mythology as a mountain nymph who pined away for love of Narcissus until nothing was left of her but her voice, from or related to ekhe "sound," ekhein "to resound," from PIE *wagh-io-, extended form of root *(s)wagh- "to resound" (source also of Sanskrit vagnuh "sound," Latin vagire "to cry," Old English swogan "to resound"). Related: Echoes. Echo chamber attested from 1937.
- echo (v.) 1550s (intrans.), c. 1600 (trans.), from echo (n.). Related: Echoed; echoing.
echo / ˈekəʊ ; NAmE ˈekoʊ / noun , verb echo echoes echoed echoing noun ( plural echoes ) 1 the reflecting of sound off a wall or inside a confined space so that a noise appears to be repeated; a sound that is reflected back in this way 回响；回声；回音 ◆ There was an echo on the phone and I couldn't hear clearly. 电话里有回音，我听不清楚。 ◆ The hills sent back a faint echo. 座座山丘传来微弱的回声。 ◆ the echo of footsteps running down the corridor 沿走廊跑的脚步回声 2 the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; sth that reminds you of sth else 映现；暗示；启示；反响 ◆ Yesterday's crash has grim echoes of previous disasters. 昨天的撞车事故使人想起之前那些令人痛心的灾难。 3 an opinion or attitude that agrees with or repeats one already expressed or thought 共鸣；附和；重复 ◆ His words were an echo of what she had heard many times before. 他的话跟她以往多次听到过的话重复。 ◆ The speech found an echoin the hearts of many of the audience (= they agreed with it). 这次演讲在许多听众的心中引起共鸣。 verb ( echoes , echo·ing , echoed , echoed ) 1 [intransitive ] if a sound echoes,it is reflected off a wall, the side of a mountain, etc. so that you can hear it again 回响；回荡 SYN reverberate ◆ Her footsteps echoed in the empty room. 她的脚步声在空荡荡的屋子里回响着。 ◆ The gunshot echoed through the forest. 枪炮声在林中回荡。 2 [intransitive , transitive ] to send back and repeat a sound; to be full of a sound 发出回声；产生回响；充满回声 SYN reverberate ◆ The whole house echoed. 整个房子充满回声。 echoto/with sth ◆ The street echoed with the cries of children. 街上回荡着孩子的哭声。 echosth (back) ◆ The valley echoed back his voice. 山谷里回荡着他的声音。 3 [transitive ] echosth to repeat an idea or opinion because you agree with it 重复，附和（想法或看法） ◆ This is a view echoed by many on the right of the party. 这是党内许多右翼分子都重复过的观点。 4 [transitive ] + speech | echosth to repeat what sb else has just said, especially because you find it surprising （尤因感到意外而）重复…话，模仿 ◆ ‘He's gone!’ Viv echoed. “他去了！”维夫重复道。 echo / ˈekəʊ ; NAmE ˈekoʊ /
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