- the reflecting of sound off a wall or inside a particular 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
- ‘So you love him, do you?’ Magda’s voice was a mocking echo of my own.“那么你爱他，是吗，”。玛格达的声音是我自己嘲弄的回声。
Extra Examples- An echo came back from the walls of the building.大楼的墙壁传来了一声回声。
- The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning echo.蝙蝠把它自己的叫声和折返的回声作比较。
- The echo slowly died away.回声渐渐消失了。
- The echoes reverberated through the auditorium.回声在礼堂里回荡。
- Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow echoes.他们的脚步声在没铺地毯的地板上发出空洞的回声。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + echoecho + verb- bounce back
- bounce off something
- rebound
- …
prepositionSee full entry - the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; something that reminds you of something 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。
Extra Examples- The story has echoes of Alice in Wonderland.这个故事和《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》有很多相似之处。
- There are clear echoes of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.他的歌唱风格有明显模仿“猫王”埃尔维斯・普雷斯利的痕迹。
- ghostly echoes of Virginia's past与弗吉尼娅的过去诡异的相似
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + echoecho + verb- bounce back
- bounce off something
- rebound
- …
prepositionSee full entry - 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.他的话她以往听过许多次。
- The speech found an echo in 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。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’.