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

• Our meal came, and the cacophony continued.
  我们的饭菜上来了。那刺耳的声音仍在继续。
• If everyone can contribute, the possibility for cacophony is great.
  每个人都可以投稿，杂音的可能性很大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nature's symphonic world was drowned by man's industrial cacophony.
  大自然的和声世界被人类的工业噪音淹没了。
• And we hear best when we silence the cacophony of competing voices clamoring for attention.
  当我们让干扰注意力的不和谐声音沉默下来，我们就能听得更清晰。