acoustic

英 [?'ku?st?k] 美[?'k?st?k]

CET6+GRE中低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?acoustics;副詞:?acoustically;

acoustic 聲音的

來自詞根acoust, 聽，聲音。

acoustic: acoustic: [17] Appropriately enough, acoustic may be distantly related to hear. It first appeared in English in Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning 1605, borrowed from Greek akoustikós. This in turn was derived from the Greek verb for ‘hear’, akoúein, which, it has been speculated, may have some connection with *khauzjan, the original Germanic source of English hear, not to mention German h?ren and Dutch horen (as well as with Latin cavēre ‘be on one’s guard’, and hence with English caution and caveat).
=> caution, caveat, hear
acoustic (adj.): c. 1600, from French acoustique, from Greek akoustikos "pertaining to hearing," from akoustos "heard, audible," verbal adjective from akouein "to hear," probably from copulative prefix a- (see a- (3)) + koein "to mark, perceive, hear," from PIE *kous- "to hear," which is perhaps from root *(s)keu- "to notice, observe" (see caveat). Acoustic guitar (as opposed to electric) attested by 1958. Related: Acoustical; acoustically.

3. The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical singals for transmission.: 麥克風將聲波轉化成電信號進行傳播.

4. In this performance, Rattle had the acoustic of the Symphony Hall on his side.: 這場演出中，拉特爾有交響樂大廳出色的音響效果做他的后盾。

5. Animals use a whole rang of acoustic , visual, and chemical signals in their systems of communication.: 動物利用各種各樣的聽覺、視覺和化學信號來進行交流.