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

• 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。
• 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。
• In the general cacophony of a children's Christmas orchestra nobody noticed.
  在儿童圣诞管弦乐队制造出的一片嘈杂刺耳的噪音中，没有人注意到我。
• Perhaps he needs to remember, amid cacophony, that some of the best conductors are despots.
  或许他需要记住，不调和中，有一些最好的指挥是专制者。
• 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。
• 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。
• Never before had I heard such an unbelievable cacophony of sound.
  在此以前，我从来没听过这种难以置信的刺耳声音。
• 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。
• All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.
  周围人声嘈杂。
• 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。