Echo

(noun.) an imitation or repetition; 'the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life'.

(noun.) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; 'his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau'; 'Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man'.

(noun.) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; 'she could hear echoes of her own footsteps'.

(noun.) a reflected television or radio or radar beam.

(noun.) a reply that repeats what has just been said.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained.

(verb.) call to mind; 'His words echoed John F. Kennedy'.

乔校对

• An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The doctor set down sixty-four, and thenceforth the echo moved too fast for him, also. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His laugh had not quite left him either, but it was like the echo of a joyful sound, and that is always sorrowful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My only answer was my own voice reverberating in a rolling echo from the cliffs around me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• How many a thing had she said, and got no echo from him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Das war ausgezeichnet, das war famos--' 'Wirklich famos,' echoed his exhausted daughters, faintly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His steps echoed through the low building with a hollow sound, and he almost feared to be alone, it was so still and quiet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The paternal laugh was echoed by Joseph, who thought the joke capital. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A great deal, echoed Caliphronas, with an evil smile. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Now, come and take your place in the circle, and let us sit quiet, and hear the echoes about which you have your theory. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He was overjoyed at seeing me, and to know the meaning of the fight, faint echoes of which had reached his prison cell. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• At this point a voice echoes down the centuries to us. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Morning was breaking over the cheerful house-tops of Chancery Lane as the rattling cab woke up the echoes there. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She had not felt so stunned--so impressed as she did now, when echoes of Mr. Thornton's voice yet lingered about the room. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Let greater echoes resound as they would, the young mother at the cradle side could always hear those coming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I hear echoing footsteps in the passages below, and the iron thumping of bolts and bars at the house door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The man's footsteps were so noisy on the echoing stones that he was unwilling to add the sound of his own. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I hadn't hardly got back here when I heard a shot go echoing and rattling right away into the inn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I did at one time mean, said Miss Flite, echoing the sigh, to nominate, constitute, and appoint poor Gridley. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High Street. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

校对:普拉特