2N-UNCOUNT 声(指通过空气、水或其他物质传播的一种能量)Sound is energy that travels in waves through air, water, or other substances, and can be heard. 声(指通过空气、水或其他物质传播的一种能量)
The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound.
这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。
3N-SING (电视、收音机、CD 机等可调节音量的)声音,音响The sound on a television, radio, or CD player is what you hear coming from the machine. Its loudness can be controlled. (电视、收音机、CD 机等可调节音量的)声音,音响
She went and turned the sound down.
她去把音量关小了。
Compact discs have brought about a vast improvement in recorded sound quality.
激光唱片极大地提高了录音的音质。
4N-COUNT (歌手或乐队的)音乐风格,乐曲特色 A singer's or band's sound is the distinctive quality of their music. (歌手或乐队的)音乐风格,乐曲特色
They have started showing a strong soul element in their sound.
他们的音乐风格开始表现出一种强烈的灵乐特色。
He's got a unique sound and a unique style.
他的音乐风格独具特色。
5V-ERG 发声;出声响;响起 If something such as a horn or a bell sounds or if you sound it, it makes a noise. 发声;出声响;响起
The buzzer sounded in Daniel's office. [VERB]
丹尼尔办公室里的蜂音器响了。
A young man sounds the bell to start the Sunday service. [VERB noun]
6VERB 发出(警告等);(以…语调)发表 If you sound a warning, you publicly give it. If you sound a note of caution or optimism, you say publicly that you are cautious or optimistic. 发出(警告等);(以…语调)发表
The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt. [VERB noun]
坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。
Others consider the move premature and have sounded a note of caution. [VERB noun]
其他人认为采取这个行动为时尚早,对此提出了警告。
Sir Patrick attempted to sound a positive note, describing the meeting as serving a useful purpose. [VERB noun]
7V-LINK (某物)听起来 When you are describing a noise, you can talk about the way it sounds . (某物)听起来
They heard what sounded like a huge explosion. [V + like]
他们听见一声爆炸般的巨响。
The creaking of the hinges sounded very loud in that silence. [VERB adj.ive]
在那片寂静之中,铰链吱吱嘎嘎的声音听起来很响。
It sounded as if he were trying to say something. [V as if]
听上去他好像试图要说些什么。
8V-LINK 听起来似乎;听着好像 When you talk about the way someone sounds, you are describing the impression you have of them when they speak. 听起来似乎;听着好像
She sounded a bit worried. [VERB adj.ive]
她的语气里有一点担心。
Murphy sounds like a child. [V + like]
墨菲的口气像个孩子。
She sounded as if she really cared. [V as if]
听起来她似乎真的很在乎。
I thought she sounded a genuinely caring and helpful person. [VERB noun]
我觉得她听起来像是一个真心真意地关爱和帮助别人的人。
SYN seem, seem to be, appear to be, give the impression of being
9V-LINK (用于谈论印象或观点)听起来,似乎 When you are describing your impression or opinion of something you have heard about or read about, you can talk about the way it sounds . (用于谈论印象或观点)听起来,似乎
It sounds like a wonderful idea to me, does it really work?. [V + like]
听起来这个主意很不错,真的能行吗?
It sounds as if they might have made a dreadful mistake. [V as if]
听起来他们似乎犯下了一个可怕的错误。
She decided that her doctor's advice sounded pretty good. [VERB adj.ive]
她认为医生的建议似乎很不错。
The book is not as morbid as it sounds. [VERB adj.ive]
这本书并不像听起来那么可怕。
I know this sounds a crazy thing for me to ask you. [VERB noun]
我知道我向你提出这个问题似乎很不可理喻。
10N-SING (对于听说或读到的事情的)印象 You can describe your impression of something you have heard about or read about by talking about the sound of it. (对于听说或读到的事情的)印象
Here's a new idea we liked the sound of.
这是个新想法,我们一听就喜欢。
I don't like the sound of Toby Osborne.
我不喜欢托比·奥斯伯恩的那一套。
From the sound of things, he might well be the same man.
听起来,他似乎还是原来的那个他。
He was being paid danger money from the sound of it.
1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ, oft adverb ADJ](身体)健康的;(心智)健全的;(建筑)坚固的 If a structure, part of someone's body, or someone's mind is sound, it is in good condition or healthy. (身体)健康的;(心智)健全的;(建筑)坚固的
When we bought the house, it was structurally sound.
我们买下这栋房子的时候,它的结构还非常坚固。
Although the car is basically sound, I was worried about certain areas.
1sth you hear聽到的ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOUND | SOUND + VERB | SOUND + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, deafening, loud, powerful很大的聲音;震耳欲聾的聲音;響亮的聲音◇We need a big powerful sound from the trumpets in the final passage.我們在最後一段中需要一個嘹亮的小號聲。➤audible聽得見的聲音▸➤faint, little, soft微弱聲音;很小的聲音;輕聲▸➤high, high-pitched尖聲▸➤deep, low低沉的聲音;低聲▸➤clean, clear, sharp清亮的/清晰的/尖厲的聲音◇He produces a good clean sound on his flute.他用長笛奏出優美清晰的樂音。➤piercing刺耳的聲音▸➤muffled聽不清楚的聲音▸➤amazing, beautiful, good, lovely, pleasing, sweet令人驚豔的聲音;美妙的聲音;悅耳的聲音;甜美的聲音◇His film opens with the sweet sound of birdsong.他的影片一開始是悅耳的鳥鳴。➤awful, horrible, sickening可怕的/恐怖的/令人厭惡的聲音◇There was a sickening sound as his head made contact with the concrete.他的頭撞到水泥地上時,發出一聲令人毛骨悚然的聲響。➤familiar熟悉的聲音➤different, strange不同的/奇怪的聲音◇We experimented with different sounds.我們嘗試了不同的聲音。➤distinctive獨特的聲音▸➤haunting揮之不去的聲音▸➤beeping, booming, buzzing, clanking, clicking, etc.嘟嘟聲、隆隆聲、嗡嗡聲、叮噹聲、咔嗒聲等▸➤metallic金屬撞擊聲➤electronic電子設備的聲音▸➤hollow空洞的聲音▸➤distorted失真的聲音▸➤distant遙遠的聲音◇the distant sound of church bells遠處教堂的鐘聲➤musical音樂聲▸➤guitar, piano, etc.吉他聲、鋼琴聲等◇She tried to describe what made a good guitar sound.她試圖描述美妙的吉他聲是什麼樣的。➤speech, vowel語音;元音➤natural自然的聲音◇the mixing of recorded and natural sound錄製的聲音和自然聲音的混合➤ambient環境(噪)聲◇There's a lot of ambient sound in this film.這部影片中有許多環境聲效。VERB + SOUND➤hear, listen for, listen to聽到/留心聽/傾聽聲音◇He listened for sounds of movement.他留心聽有沒有人走動的聲響。➤emit, make, produce, pronounce, transmit, utter發出聲音;弄出聲響;傳聲◇What's making that awful creaking sound?什麼聲音?嘎吱嘎吱的,真可怕。◇Three bones transmit sounds to the inner ear.聲音通過 3 塊骨頭傳送到內耳。◇He didn't utter a single sound throughout the meeting.會上從頭到尾他一言不發。➤use用聲音◇She uses all the sounds available to a 21st-century composer.她利用了 21 世紀作曲家所有能用得上的聲音。➤be filled with充滿聲音◇The room was filled with the sound of laughter.屋子裏笑聲一片。➤awake to, be woken by, wake to, wake up to醒來聽到聲音;被聲音喚醒;察覺到聲音◇I awoke to the sound of rain.我醒來聽到下雨了。➤be interrupted by被聲音打斷➤jump at聽到聲音嚇一跳◇He jumped at the sound of my voice.聽到我說話他嚇了一跳。SOUND + VERB➤carry, travel聲音傳播◇Sound carries well over calm water.聲音在平靜的水面易於傳播。➤come聲音傳來◇A strange sound came from the box.箱子裏傳來奇怪的聲音。◇My mouth moved but no sound came out.我的嘴動了動,但是沒說出話來。➤echo, fill, ring out聲音回響/響徹/鳴響◇A hollow sound echoed through the room.屋子裏有空蕩的回聲。➤die away, fade, fade away聲音消逝➤grow louder聲音變大SOUND + NOUN➤wave聲波▸➤effect音效▸➤bite(尤指廣播或電視中某政治家的)演說錄音片段◇As a politician he is a master of the 30-second sound bite.作為政治家,他很會利用 30 秒鐘的簡短剪輯。PREPOSITION➤at the sound of聽到⋯聲音◇He turned around at the sound of footsteps behind him.聽到身後傳來腳步聲,他轉過身來。➤without a sound毫無聲響地◇The door opened without a sound.門悄無聲息地開了。➤sound of⋯的聲音◇the sound of breaking glass打碎玻璃的聲音➤sound from從⋯傳來的聲音◇There was a strange sound from downstairs.樓下傳來一聲奇怪的聲響。PHRASES➤break the sound barrier突破音障▸➤the speed of sound聲速sound
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2the soundfrom TV, radio, etc.電視;收音機ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOUND | SOUND + NOUNADJECTIVE➤mono, stereo, surround單聲道聲音;立體聲;環繞立體聲▸➤recorded錄製的聲音➤great極佳的音質◇a game with good graphics and great sound畫面精美、音質極佳的遊戲VERB + SOUND➤turn down, turn off, turn up關小/關掉/開大音量◇Can you turn the sound up?您能把音量開大一些嗎?➤get聽到聲音SOUND + NOUN➤level, quality聲級;音質▸➤system音響系統◇a stereo sound system立體聲系統➤recording聲音錄製▸➤engineer錄音工程師➤card聲卡sound
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3of musicians音樂家ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOUNDADJECTIVE➤live現場音樂風格◇The band developed a formidable live sound.這個樂隊逐漸形成了令人驚歎的現場演唱風格。➤different, new, unique不同的/新穎的/獨特的音樂風格➤beautiful, great美妙的/絕佳的音樂風格◇Franz Ferdinand have a great sound that's their own.法蘭茲・費迪南樂隊有絕佳的屬於他們自己的風格。➤signature標誌性音樂◇the band's signature sound該樂隊的標誌性音樂VERB + SOUND➤create, develop創造/形成音樂風格◇The Moog synthesizer created a whole new sound.穆格電子音響合成器創造出一種全新的音樂風格。sound
adjective¹
1in good condition狀況良好VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, look, seem完好;看上去完好;好像完好ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常完好▸➤reasonably尚算完好◇The roof is in reasonably sound condition.屋頂還算堅固。➤structurally結構上堅固◇Is the building structurally sound?這座建築結構上是否堅固?PHRASES➤safe and sound (= not hurt)安然無恙◇We finally arrived home safe and sound.我們終於安然無恙地回到家。sound
adjective²
2sensible合情理VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem合理;好像合理ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常合理◇That seems like fairly sound advice.那個建議似乎很合理。➤perfectly十分合理◇She had a perfectly sound reason for acting as she did.她那麼做有一個完全正當的理由。➤basically, fundamentally基本上/根本上合理▸➤ecologically, environmentally, financially, ideologically, scientifically, technically, theoretically生態上/環境上/經濟上/意識形態上/科學上/技術上/理論上合理◇It was a financially sound investment.這項投資財務穩健。
sound noun ⇨sound1 (a buzzing sound)⇨sound2 (turn the sound down)⇨note (a sound unlike any other guitarist)sound adj. ⇨decent (a sound performance)⇨good3 (sound advice)sound verb ⇨blow3 (sound your horn)⇨ring (an alarm sounds)⇨seem (sound reasonable)sound1
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a buzzing sound嗡嗡声turn the sound down把音量调小sound ♦︎ noiseThese are both words for sth that you can hear.这两个词均表示声音、响声。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a big / deafening / loud / high-pitched / low sound / noise◆to hear / listen to / make / produce a sound / noise◆a sound / noise comes from sth / a place◆a sound / noise becomes / gets louder, closer, etc.■sound [countable] something that you can hear声音;响声◆A scratching sound came from the front door.前门传来一阵嚓嚓的响声。◆I sat listening to the soft sound of rustling leaves.我坐下来倾听树叶那柔和的沙沙声。◆He crept into the house trying not to make a sound.他蹑手蹑脚地溜进房子里,尽量不弄出一点声响。ⓘ Sound [uncountable] is vibrations(= continuous rapid movements)that travel through air or water and can be heard when they reach a person's or an animal's ear. * sound是一种通过空气或水传播的震动波,传到人或动物的耳朵时就可以听见◆Sound travels at about 340 metres per second.声的传播速度大约为每秒340米。■noise [countable, uncountable] a sound, especially when it is loud, unpleasant or disturbing声音;响声;噪音;吵闹声◆There was a rattling noise coming from the back of the car.汽车尾部传来咔嗒咔嗒的声音。◆What's that noise?那是什么响声?◆Don't make so much noise.别这么吵闹。◆We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.车辆的噪声太大,我们不得不扯着嗓子说话。NOTE辨析 Sound or noise?Sound is anything you hear. Anoise is usually loud and unpleasant. * sound指听见的任何声音,noise则通常响亮而且烦人◆the soft noise of rustling leavesNoise [uncountable] is continuous noises. Sound [uncountable] is slightly more technical, used in scientific contexts. It is not used with words for amounts like much and a lot of. * noise是持续性的。sound则稍具专业性,用于科技语境,不与表示数量的词如much和a lot of连用◆Don't make so much sound.sound2
noun
a buzzing sound嗡嗡声turn the sound down把音量调小sound ♦︎ volumeThese are both words for talking about what you can hear in terms of how loud or soft it is.这两个词均表示音量、音响。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the sound / volume on sth◆to turn up / turn down / increase / reduce the sound / volume■sound [uncountable] what you listen to when you use electronic equipment such as radios and televisions, see a film or go to a concert(收音机、电视、电影或音乐会的)声音,音响◆Could you turn the sound down?你能把音量调小一些吗?◆The sound quality of the tapes was excellent.这些磁带音质极佳。■volume [uncountable] the amount of sound that is produced by sth, especially electronic equipment such as radios and televisions(尤指收音机和电视等电器的)音量,响度◆She turned down the volume on the car stereo.她调低了汽车音响的音量。◆Make sure the volume control is in the middle between the 'low' and 'high' settings.确保音量调节器设定在“高”、“低”档的中间。