onomatopoeic是什么意思？

onomatopoeic

英[ˌɒnəˌmætə'pi:ɪk] 美[ˌɒnəˌmætə'piɪk]

• adj. 拟声的，声喻的；

名词：onomatopoeia;

例句

• A word which imitates the sound of a thing or an action is called an onomatopoeic. 象声词是模拟、表示物体或动作声音的词.
• Onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises. 拟声词是用来模仿声音的.
• This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut. 这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  拟声的；象声的
  Onomatopoeic words sound like the noise they refer to. 'Hiss', 'buzz', and 'rat-a-tat-tat' are examples of onomatopoeic words.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
  2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
  "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises""it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer