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

• Never before had I heard such an unbelievable cacophony of sound.
  在此以前，我从来没听过这种难以置信的刺耳声音。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chicago has its own version of this strategy in six police districts, but it has been all but ignored in the current cacophony.
  芝加哥的六个警区也有相应的策略，但在最近的纷纷扰扰中这些策略几乎被无视了。
• Under the cacophony of foreign tongues, he heard queer music playing from somewhere up ahead, a thin high fluting accompanied by drums.
  在刺耳的一国语言中，他听到前方某处正上演着古怪的音乐，由鼓点伴奏的高音长笛。
• Many notes can be played but if they are not in harmony they will create a horrible cacophony.
  如果很多的声音不是很协调的发出，可能是一种可怕的经历。
• 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。
• By the time Stephen Morgan turned himself into the police Thursday evening, cacophony had returned to the ACB, albeit more restrained than usual.
  在那时，斯蒂芬•摩根在星期四的晚上潜入了当地的警察局，ACB又回到了以往的嘈杂，虽然比平常有了更多的限制。
• 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。
• For Britons of that generation, however, it's a date that sets off a cacophony of signals.
  但对那个年代的英国人来说，那是一个有着复杂意义的日期。