cacophony
发音
How to pronounce cacophony in British English:
英 [kəˈkɒfəni]
How to pronounce cacophony in American English:
美 [kəˈkɑfəni]
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- Noun:
- a loud harsh or strident noise
- loud confusing disagreeable sounds
单词词源
- cacophony (n.)
- 1650s, from Greek kakophonia, from kakophonos "harsh sounding," from kakos "bad, evil" (see caco-) + phone "voice, sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Cacophonous.
反义词
双语例句
- 1. And babel fish applications will connect this cacophony into coherence .
- 2. More than that , the cheery , harmonious universalism that hollywood has promoted and relied upon for so long seems out of tune with the surrounding cacophony .
- 3. But common sense is rare amid the cacophony of corporate life .
- 4. Too often , he felt , the beautiful moments of his life were drowned out by a cacophony of self-consciousness and anxiety .
- 5. Michael gableman defeated louis butler , an incumbent on wisconsin 's supreme court , on april 1st , and the cacophony has not yet subsided .