megaphone

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/    美 /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
  2. A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla. uncountable
  3. Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another. figuratively
    — If Pack does become head of the BBG, critics fear that he will turn Voice of America and the other BBG networks into a megaphone for Trump.
动词 v.
  1. To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone. intransitive,transitive

词形变化

megaphones plural megaphones present,singular,third-person megaphoning participle,present megaphoned participle,past megaphoned past

词汇关系

上位词
loudhailer blowhorn
衍生词
megaphonic megaphonist pissaphone

词源

词源 1
From mega- + -phone.
词源 2
Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.
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