reverberate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reverberate | |
he / she / it reverberates | |
past simple reverberated | |
past participle reverberated | |
-ing form reverberating |
- [intransitive]
(of a sound )声音 to be repeated several times as it is reflected off different surfaces synonym echo回响;回荡 - [intransitive] reverberate (with/to something)
(of a place )地方 to seem to shake because of a loud noise (由于强大的噪音)震颤,摇晃 - [intransitive] (formal)
to have a strong effect on people for a long time or over a large area 有长久深刻的影响;产生广泛影响
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘drive or beat back’): from Latin reverberat- ‘struck again’, from the verb reverberare, from re- ‘back’ + verberare ‘to lash’ (from verbera (plural) ‘scourge’).