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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In truth, it's difficult to distinguish in the cacophony each of the words shouted atop one another.
  说实话，在众声喧哗的那一刻，很难听出大家喊的是哪个词。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Control of information now belongs to 24-hour satellite television and the cacophony that is the web.
  如今，信息控制权属于24小时卫星电视和充满不和谐声音的互联网。
• Yet, in the cacophony of popular culture, quiet statements are often ignored or drowned out.
  如今平静的陈述仍常被流行文化的嘈杂所湮灭。