Word · Frequency #20572
cacophonies
刺耳的声音；不和谐音；嘈杂声
cacophonies is the plural of cacophony.
loud, confusing, and disagreeable sounds
- 1.
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
不和谐的声音混合；不协和音
不和谐的声音混合；不协和音；不愉快的音调；不协和音；杂音
In use
The sudden cacophony of car horns made everyone on the street cover their ears.
We could not hold a conversation because of the cacophony coming from the construction site.
As the band tuned up, a cacophony of sounds filled the hall before the concert began.
a cacophony of [plural noun]
常用 'a cacophony of + 复数名词' 表示多种不和谐声音的混合。
The room was filled with a cacophony of voices.
房间里充满了嘈杂的人声。
create/produce a cacophony
The untuned instruments created a cacophony.
那些没调音的乐器发出刺耳的嘈杂声。
descend into cacophony
表示从有序变为嘈杂混乱。
The debate descended into cacophony.
辩论陷入了一片嘈杂。
Common mistakes
The cacophony noise made me cover my ears.The cacophonous noise made me cover my ears.
'Cacophony' 是名词，不能直接修饰另一个名词；应使用其形容词形式 'cacophonous'。
There was cacophony in the street.There was a cacophony in the street.
'Cacophony' 通常作为可数名词，需要不定冠词 'a'，除非特指或用作不可数（较少见）。
Connections
Collocations
- cacophony of sounds
- 杂乱的声响
- The cafe was filled with a cacophony of sounds from clattering cups and conversation.咖啡馆里杯碟碰撞声和谈话声汇成一片嘈杂。
- cacophony of voices
- 嘈杂的人声
- A cacophony of voices erupted from the classroom when the bell rang.铃声一响，教室里顿时响起一片嘈杂的人声。
- deafening cacophony
- 震耳欲聋的噪音
- The construction site produced a deafening cacophony all day long.建筑工地整天发出震耳欲聋的噪音。
- cacophony of horns
- 乱按喇叭的声音
- An impatient cacophony of horns rose from the traffic jam.交通堵塞中响起一片不耐烦的喇叭声。
- cacophony of instruments
- 乐器乱奏声
- Before the concert, tuning created a strange cacophony of instruments.音乐会开始前，调音的乐器发出一片奇怪的乱奏声。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想cacophony音近‘咔咔福尼’，用金属‘咔咔’碰撞声的混杂，记住刺耳的不协和音。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、新闻或艺术评论、正式讨论噪声或音乐时 通常用于较正式或文学性的语境，指许多刺耳或不和谐的声音混杂在一起；日常口语中较少单用，更常说 noise 或 racket。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Among the listed words, monophony /məˈnɒfəni/ rhymes with cacophony /kæˈkɒfəni/ because it shares the stressed vowel /ɒ/ and the ending /fəni/. Symphony /ˈsɪmfəni/, euphony /ˈjuːfəni/, telephony /təˈlɛfəni/, and polyphony /pəˈlɪfəni/ share only the spelling suffix -phony; their stressed vowels differ, so they do not rhyme. Beware phony /ˈfəʊni/: despite the same suffix spelling, it is a lookalike, not a rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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