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

• 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。
• 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。
• Heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam.
  交通阻塞时，听到一片不和谐的喇叭声。
• A girl's piercing scream dissolved into a cacophony of shouts and cries.
  一个女生刺耳的尖叫声与杂乱的喊声哭声夹杂混合在一起。
• 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。
• 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。
• And we hear best when we silence the cacophony of competing voices clamoring for attention.
  当我们让干扰注意力的不和谐声音沉默下来，我们就能听得更清晰。
• All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.
  周围人声嘈杂。
• 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。