echo /ˈɛkəʊ/ CET4 TEM4 ( echoing, echoed, echoes )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An echo is a sound caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. 回声

  例：

  He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the cave.

  他听了听，除了自己声音在山洞里的回响什么都没听见。

• 2. 

  V-I If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped. 回响

  例：

  His feet echoed on the hardwood floor.

  他的脚步声在硬木地板上回响着。

• 3. 

  V-I In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped. 发出回声

  例：

  The room echoed.

  房间发出了回声。

  例：

  The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs.

  走廊里回荡着十几条狗的吠声。

• 4. 

  V-T If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion. 附和

  例：

  Their views often echo each other.

  他们的见解常常彼此附和。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A detail or feature that reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo. 启示

  例：

  The accident has echoes of past disasters.

  该事故让人想到过去的那些灾难。

• 6. 

  V-T If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other. 反映

  例：

  Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.

  粉色和米色被选来反映天花板的那些颜色。

• 7. 

  V-I If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people. 流传

  例：

  The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.

  这一古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。