cacophony
名词 n.
英 /kəˈkɒfəni/
美 /kəˈkɑfəni/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
— 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
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Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós)
Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ (kăkophōnĭ́ā)bor.
French cacophonieder.
English cacophony
From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.
Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós)
Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ (kăkophōnĭ́ā)bor.
French cacophonieder.
English cacophony
From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.
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