megaphone的意思

megaphone

英式音标['mɛɡəfon]
美式英标['megəfəʊn]

基本解释

n. 扩音器，喇叭筒

vt. 用扩音器对…讲话

vi. 用扩音器传达

中文词源

megaphone 扩音器

megalo-,巨大的，-phone,声音，词源同phone,fame.用于指扩音器。

英文词源

megaphone (n.): 1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Greek megas "great" (see mega-) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Megaphonic. In Greek, megalophonia meant "grandiloquence," megalophonos "loud-voiced."

实用例句

1. A megaphone boomed out, "This is the police.": 扩音器响了起来：“我们是警察。”

2. Making monetary policy by megaphone never leads to good results.: 夸夸其谈的货币政策决不会取得效果.

3. He hawks with a megaphone, saving a lot of effort.: 他用喇叭筒叫卖, 省劲多了!

4. Somewhere a voice is loud a megaphone.: 远处什么地方的扩音器里传来响亮的声音.

5. He often speaks in public with a megaphone.: 他常用扩音器当着大众演说.

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