/ˈekəʊ ||; ˈɛko/noun
[C] (pluralechoes) a sound that is repeated as it is sent back off a surface such as the wall of a tunnel 回声;回音:
I could hear the echo of footsteps somewhere in the distance.我听见远处的脚步声在回响。
echo²
/ˈekəʊ ||; ˈɛko/verb
1 [I] (used about a sound) to be repeated; to come back as an echo (指声音)回响:
Their footsteps echoed in the empty church.他们的脚步声在空荡荡的教堂里回响。
2 [I,T] echo sth (back);echo (with/to sth) to repeat or send back a sound; to be full of a particular sound 产生回声;回荡着某种声音:
The tunnel echoed back their calls.隧道里回荡着他们的叫声。The hall echoed with their laughter.走廊里回荡着他们的笑声。
3 [T] to repeat what sb has said, done or thought 重复(他人的话、行动或思想);附和;仿效:
The child echoed everything his mother said.母亲说什么那孩子就说什么。The newspaper article echoed my views completely.报纸的文章完全附和我的观点。
echo1/ˋɛko; ˈekəʊ/n [C] plural echoes 1 a sound that you hear again when it comes back off a wall or rock 回声﹐回音2 something that is very similar to what has happened or been said before 十分相似的东西﹐如出一辙的事物: +of The article contains echoes of an earlier report. 这篇文章和先前的一篇报道如出一辙。
echo2v past tense and past participle echoed present participle echoing third person singular echoes 1 [I] if a sound or place echoes, you hear sounds repeated when they come back off walls or rock〔声音〕回响﹔〔场所〕发出回声: Children's voices echoed through the big old house. 孩子们的声音在这间巨大的老房子里回荡。2 [T] to repeat and agree with what someone else has said 重复﹔附和: Kaletsky, writing in The Times, echoed this view. 卡列茨基在《泰晤士报》撰文附和这个观点。
echoechoechoesechoedechoingnoun (pluralechoes)a sound that a surface such as a wall sends back so that you hear it again▶ echoverb (echoes, echoing, echoed): His footsteps echoed in the empty hall.