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

• When the cacophony grew too much to bear, I remounted and pedalled furiously, banshees screaming past my ears, my feet assuming a clockwork of their own.
  当这种杂音变得无法忍受时，我重新上车猛蹬起来，爱尔兰女妖④在我耳边尖叫着，我的双脚犹如上了发条般自动进行着机械运动。
• Perhaps he needs to remember, amid cacophony, that some of the best conductors are despots.
  或许他需要记住，不调和中，有一些最好的指挥是专制者。
• In fact, this film is so bad that no child should be made to have to watch this cacophony of noise.
  事实上，这部影片是如此糟糕，没有儿童应该有看这个不和谐的噪音。
• Our meal came, and the cacophony continued.
  我们的饭菜上来了。那刺耳的声音仍在继续。
• Amid the brutal, ugly cacophony of war, Lilli Marlene always struck a sweet and tender note.
  在残酷丑陋的战争喧嚣中，丽莉•玛琳总是用她那温柔甜蜜的音符去抚慰人们心灵的创伤。
• The point is that the cacophony of analysis helps to explain why policymakers react in different ways to the same crisis and why it is so difficult for them to come up with co-ordinated action.
  关键在于，分析上不和谐的声音，有助于解释政策制定者在同一场危机中，为何采取了不同的对策，以及他们达成协同行动为何如此困难。
• Their robot, named Popeye, was built to work out which voices are "relevant" amongst a cacophony of noise by combining video input and image recognition technology with sound analysis.
  他们的名叫大力水手卜泼的机器人的建造，为的是通过将视频输入和图像识别技术与声音分析结合起来，弄懂在嘈杂的声音之中哪一些声音是“有关的”。
• 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。
• If everyone can contribute, the possibility for cacophony is great.
  每个人都可以投稿，杂音的可能性很大。
• He talks to fortune about how mistakes can make great music and how to communicate, without speaking, over cacophony.
  他向《财富》杂志讲述了错误如何可以创造优美的音乐以及如何在一片嘈杂的声音中，无需说话即可进行沟通。