cacophony

英 [kəˈkɒfəni]

美 [kəˈkɑːfəni]

n.  刺耳的嘈杂声

GRE

BNC.20572 / COCA.16277

牛津词典

noun

• 刺耳的嘈杂声
  a mixture of loud unpleasant sounds

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 刺耳嘈杂的声音;喧嚣的声音;嘈杂声
  You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as acacophony.
  1. All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.
     周围人声嘈杂。

英英释义

noun

• loud confusing disagreeable sounds
• a loud harsh or strident noise
  Synonym:blareblaringclamordin

双语例句

• From its cacophony of sound, the room has suddenly become very still.
  本来众声嘈杂的屋子里，突然变得非常肃静。
• A girl's piercing scream dissolved into a cacophony of shouts and cries.
  一个女生刺耳的尖叫声与杂乱的喊声哭声夹杂混合在一起。
• And we hear best when we silence the cacophony of competing voices clamoring for attention.
  当我们让干扰注意力的不和谐声音沉默下来，我们就能听得更清晰。
• Under the cacophony of foreign tongues, he heard queer music playing from somewhere up ahead, a thin high fluting accompanied by drums.
  在刺耳的一国语言中，他听到前方某处正上演着古怪的音乐，由鼓点伴奏的高音长笛。
• In truth, it's difficult to distinguish in the cacophony each of the words shouted atop one another.
  说实话，在众声喧哗的那一刻，很难听出大家喊的是哪个词。
• By the time Stephen Morgan turned himself into the police Thursday evening, cacophony had returned to the ACB, albeit more restrained than usual.
  在那时，斯蒂芬•摩根在星期四的晚上潜入了当地的警察局，ACB又回到了以往的嘈杂，虽然比平常有了更多的限制。
• Yet, in the cacophony of popular culture, quiet statements are often ignored or drowned out.
  如今平静的陈述仍常被流行文化的嘈杂所湮灭。
• Never before had I heard such an unbelievable cacophony of sound.
  在此以前，我从来没听过这种难以置信的刺耳声音。
• At the risk of adding to the cacophony of competing definitions, I will offer the following.
  存在的风险，增加了不和谐的竞争的定义，我将提供下列的。
• Silence is the basic ingredient for entering into our intuitive mind and to resist the cacophony of meaningless noises outside.
  静默是进入到我们直觉的精神世界和抵御外界毫无意义的杂音的基本要素。