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

• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.
  周围人声嘈杂。
• 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。
• And this kind of cacophony coming up from politicians is absolute madness.
  而这种来自于政策方面的是非常令人抓狂的。
• 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。
• Researchers have found that it is our left brain that picks out the desired sounds from a cacophony of loud and competing sounds.
  研究表明是我们的左脑帮助我们从各钟杂音中挑出想要听到的声音。
• 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。