sound

• vt. 听（诊）；测量，测…深；使发声；试探；宣告
• n. 声音，语音；噪音；海峡；吵闹；听力范围；[医] 探条
• adj. 健全的，健康的；合理的；可靠的；有效彻底的
• adv. 彻底地，充分地
• vi. 听起来；发出声音；回响；测深

来自古法语 son,声音，来自拉丁语 sonus,声音，来自 PIE*swen,发声，词源同 sonic,consonant. 引申诸相关词义。插入字母 d.

来自中古英语 sound,来自古英语 sund,完整的，健康的，来自 Proto-Germanic*sundaz,健康的， 来自 PIE*swent,*swen,健康的，词源同 sane,gesundheit.引申诸相关词义。

来自古英语 sund,海峡，海湾，狭窄水域，游泳能穿过的水域，来自 Proto-Germanic*sunda, 游泳，来自 PIE*swem,游泳，词源同 swim.字母 m,n 音变，比较 simple,single.

词源不确定，可能来自 subundare,测水深，来自 sub-,在下，unda,水，词源同 undulate,water. 或来自 sound,声音，发声，听起来。引申比喻义试探，调查。

1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;

"the sound of rain on the roof"

"the beautiful sound of music"

2. the subjective sensation of hearing something;

"he strained to hear the faint sounds"

3. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;

"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"

4. the sudden occurrence of an audible event;

"the sound awakened them"

5. the audible part of a transmitted signal;

"they always raise the audio for commercials"

6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

8. a large ocean inlet or deep bay;

"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

sound

sound: English has no fewer than four distinct words sound. The oldest, ‘channel, strait’ [OE], originally meant ‘swimming’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *sundam, a derivative of the base *sum-, *swem- ‘swim’ (source of English swim). The sense ‘channel’ was adopted from a related Scandinavian word (such as Danish sund) in the 15th century. Sound ‘undamaged’ [12] is a shortened version of Old English gesund, which went back to prehistoric West Germanic *gasundaz, a word of uncertain origin.

Its modern relatives, German gesund and Dutch gezond ‘well, healthy’, retain the ancestral prefix. Sound ‘noise’ [13] comes via Anglo-Norman soun from Latin sonus ‘sound’, a relative of Sanskrit svan- ‘make a noise’. Amongst the Latin word’s many other contributions to English are consonant, dissonant [15], resonant [16], sonata [17] (via Italian), sonorous [17], and sonnet. Sound ‘plumb the depths’ [14] (as in sounding line) comes via Old French sonder from Vulgar Latin *subundāre, a compound verb formed from Latin sub- ‘under’ and unda ‘wave’ (source of English undulate).
=> swim; consonant, dissonant, resonant, sonata, sonnet, sonorous; surround, undulate

sound (n.1)

"noise, what is heard, sensation produced through the ear," late 13c., soun, from Old French son "sound, musical note, voice," from Latin sonus "sound, a noise," from PIE *swon-o-, from root *swen- "to sound" (cognates: Sanskrit svanati "it sounds," svanah "sound, tone;" Latin sonare "to sound;" Old Irish senim "the playing of an instrument;" Old English geswin "music, song," swinsian "to sing;" Old Norse svanr, Old English swan "swan," properly "the sounding bird").

The terminal -d was established c. 1350-1550 as part of a tendency to add -d- after -n-. First record of sound barrier is from 1939. Sound check is from 1977; sound effects is 1909, originally live accompaniments to silent films.

The experts of Victor ... will ... arrange for the synchronized orchestration and sound effects for this picture, in which airplane battles will have an important part. ["Exhibitor's Herald & Moving Picture World," April 28, 1928]

sound (adj.)

"free from special defect or injury," c. 1200, from Old English gesund "sound, safe, having the organs and faculties complete and in perfect action," from Proto-Germanic *sunda-, from Germanic root *swen-to- "healthy, strong" (cognates: Old Saxon gisund, Old Frisian sund, Dutch gezond, Old High German gisunt, German gesund "healthy," as in the post-sneezing interjection gesundheit; also Old English swið "strong," Gothic swinþs "strong," German geschwind "fast, quick"), with connections in Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic. Meaning "right, correct, free from error" is from mid-15c. Meaning "financially solid or safe" is attested from c. 1600; of sleep, "undisturbed," from 1540s. Sense of "holding accepted opinions" is from 1520s.

sound (v.2)

"fathom, probe, measure the depth of," mid-14c. (implied in sounding), from Old French sonder, from sonde "sounding line," perhaps from the same Germanic source that yielded Old English sund "water, sea" (see sound (n.2)). Barnhart dismisses the old theory that it is from Latin subundare. Figurative use from 1570s.

sound (n.2)

"narrow channel of water," c. 1300, from Old Norse sund "a strait, swimming," or from cognate Old English sund "act of swimming, stretch of water one can swim across, a strait of the sea," both from Proto-Germanic *sundam-, from *swum-to-, suffixed form of Germanic root *swem- "to move, stir, swim" (see swim (v.)).

sound (v.1)

early 13c., sounen "to be audible, produce vibrations affecting the ear," from Old French soner (Modern French sonner) and directly from Latin sonare "to sound" (see sonata). From late 14c. as "cause something (an instrument, etc.) to produce sound." Related: Sounded; sounding.

healthy, sound, robust, well, strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, wholesome, fit

这些形容词均含"健康的，强健的"之意。

healthy： 指身体无病，也可指身心健全、正常的。

sound： 侧重身体各部分或器官没有病，无任何缺陷，即健康。

robust： 强调身体强健。

well： 仅指没有疾病，但不一定很健康。

strong： 既指体格健壮，又指体力或精神上的力量。

vigorous： 指人强健有力，精力充沛。

sturdy： 侧重于结实的体格。

tough： 着重指人的体格健壮。

wholesome： 多指能给人留下身体健康、思想健全或品德良好等印象。

fit： 既可指健壮又可指健全无病。

noise, sound, voice

这些名词均含"声音"之意。

noise： 通常指不悦耳的、令人烦恼的嘈杂声，隐含贬义。

sound： 普通用词，含义笼统，指人们能听到的各种声音，无褒贬色彩。

voice： 指人说话或唱歌时发出的声音。

While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

I'm extremely sensitive to sounds, smells and visual detail, explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these studies.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They're also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night.

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Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In her experience, people in positions of power or people in finance or engineering do not tend to like the sound of the word.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

From there, it's up to you to sound the alarm manually.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

There’s one sound that  gets a big reaction from kids on  a hot day: the sound of an ice-cream  truck.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voicesof angels.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

It sounds almost too good to be true.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world's biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates's Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

The sound equipment has to be set up.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

You sounded very excited about it!

出自-2013年6月听力原文

I'm no expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn't sound right.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

There's one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day: the sound of an ice-cream truck.

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.

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Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.

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Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

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Of course, that may sound like a description of every teenager on the planet.

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Good, sound science depends on hypotheses, experiments and reasoned methodologies.

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Having your personal satellite launched into orbit might sound like an idea straight out of science fiction.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

If it doesn't sound like too much of a cliché, our world is constantly changing and it's changing quickly.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

It is important to buy the insurance from companies that are financially sound and that are represented by honest, well- trained agents.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.

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Stereotype may sound like a bad word, but there is nothing bad about it.

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That doesn't sound like too much work.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

A company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist.

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A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one advertised as lost in the local paper.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice.

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Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was beyond our range, so we declined.

2015年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Before birth, babies can tell the difference between loud sounds and voices.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Everyone is supposed to put books back to the shelves when the closing bell is sounded.

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Female Australian superb fairy wrens were found to repeat one sound over and over again while hatching their eggs.

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Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

First they collected sound data from 67 nests in four sites in queensland before and after hatching.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

For some reason, when certain shows switched into a commercial, a loud noise would sound for a few seconds.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

How does the author sound when telling the story?

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

How does the man sound at the end of the conversation？.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 听力 题设

Hurrying to school every day and having to pass exams sounds a bit too much for her.

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I was extremely inspired by the elegant way the words sounded.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

If you're tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful.

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It only has one bedroom, but it sounds nice, near lake street.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

It sounds like everything goes well.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

Most people said this accent sounded 'educated' and 'soft'.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Norton sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning.

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On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to cross a frozen body of water called Norton Sound.

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One of their neighbors had written to complain about the sound of the piano.

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She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.

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Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Sounds too good to be true?

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Studies have shown that the right and left ear process sound differently.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

That sounds like a good idea.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas — even physical strength greater than most of US realize.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This isn't as hard as it sounds, and it is far better than any other method because you improve your vocabulary while reading an interesting piece of literature.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 语法填空 原文

This sounds very interesting! It's on South Street.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Travel through 100 of the most unbelievable years in world history and learn why being a Roman emperor wasn't always as good as it sounds.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Upon hearing the teacher's talk, the children probably felt that it sounded too good to be true.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

When the eggs were hatched, the baby birds made the similar chirp to their mothers—a sound that served as their regular "Feed me!" call.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Where we use sound and sight to communicate, ants depend primarily on pheromone, chemicals sent out by individuals and smelled or tasted by fellow members of their colony.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

While he sounded the alarm, a student from leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

With naomi's help, the goodwin family found a sound engineer to record Naomi playing Steve's songs.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face, it is truly exciting.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Yet they feel they can know you just from the sound of your voice.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

The supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible sounding but largely untested theory called the “two step flow of communication”: Information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Hence it is metaphysical; but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

The court’s ruling is legally sound in defining a kind of favoritism that is not criminal.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, such the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.

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The court's ruling is legally sound in defining a kind of favoritism that is not criminal.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This might sound small, but to undo the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been necessary.

2013年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

a high/low sound

高的 / 低的声音

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a clicking/buzzing/scratching, etc. sound

咔嗒咔嗒、嗡嗡、嚓嚓等的声音

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the different sounds and smells of the forest

森林里的各种声音、各种气息

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She heard the sound of footsteps outside.

她听见外面有脚步声。

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Peter heard the sound of gunfire...

彼德听见了枪炮声。

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Liza was so frightened she couldn't make a sound...

莉莎实在吓坏了，不敢弄出一点声音来。

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The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound.

这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。

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She went and turned the sound down...

她去把音量关小了。

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Compact discs have brought about a vast improvement in recorded sound quality.

激光唱片极大地提高了录音的音质。

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They have started showing a strong soul element in their sound...

他们的音乐风格开始表现出一种强烈的灵乐特色。

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He's got a unique sound and a unique style.

他的音乐风格独具特色。

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The buzzer sounded in Daniel's office...

丹尼尔办公室里的蜂音器响了。

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A young man sounds the bell to start the Sunday service.

一个年轻人鸣钟宣布周日的礼拜开始了。

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt...

坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。

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Others consider the move premature and have sounded a note of caution...

其他人认为采取这个行动为时尚早，对此提出了警告。

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They heard what sounded like a huge explosion...

他们听见一声爆炸般的巨响。

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The creaking of the hinges sounded very loud in that silence...

在那片寂静之中，铰链吱吱嘎嘎的声音听起来很响。

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She sounded a bit worried...

她的语气里有一点担心。

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Murphy sounds like a child...

墨菲的口气像个孩子。

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It sounds like a wonderful idea to me, does it really work?...

听起来这个主意很不错，真的能行吗？

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It sounds as if they might have made a dreadful mistake...

听起来他们似乎犯下了一个可怕的错误。

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Here's a new idea we liked the sound of...

这是个新想法，我们一听就喜欢。

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I don't like the sound of Toby Osborne...

我不喜欢托比·奥斯伯恩的那一套。

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When we bought the house, it was structurally sound...

我们买下这栋房子的时候，它的结构还非常坚固。

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Although the car is basically sound, I was worried about certain areas...

尽管这辆汽车基本状况良好，我还是担心一些地方不够安全。

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They are trained nutritionists who can give sound advice on diets...

他们都是受过训练的营养学家，能够在饮食方面提出合理的建议。

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Buy a policy only from an insurance company that is financially sound...

一定要从财务状况良好的保险公司购买保险。

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I am not sure that this is sound democratic practice...

我不能肯定这是正确的民主行为。

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I think the idea of secularism is a very sound one...

我认为现世主义的观点非常正确。

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She had woken me out of a sound sleep.

她把我从酣睡中叫醒。

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