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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

回声

Pronunciation / Transliteration: huíshēng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Echo/ˈɛk.oʊ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她的声音在山谷中回响。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sound that is reflected off a surface and heard again.

    "The echo of her voice bounced off the canyon walls."
As verb
  1. 1

    To repeat or imitate a sound or statement.

    "He echoed her sentiments during the meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'ēkhō', meaning sound or reverberation, associated with the mythological nymph Echo who was reduced to only a voice. The term entered Late Latin and Old French before establishing itself in Middle English around the 14th century, initially referring to a repeated sound and later expanding metaphorically to ideas and actions.

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