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on·o·mato·poe·ia
/ˌɑnəˌmɑtəˈpiə, ˌmæ-/
擬聲,擬聲語,聲喻法
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
On·o·mat·o·poe·ia
n.
Philol.
The
formation
of
words
in
imitation
of
sounds
;
a
figure
of
speech
in
which
the
sound
of
a
word
is
imitative
of
the
sound
of
the
thing
which
the
word
represents
;
as
,
the
buzz
of
bees
;
the
hiss
of
a
goose
;
the
crackle
of
fire
.
Note:
☞
It
has
been
maintained
by
some
philologist
that
all
primary
words
,
especially
names
,
were
formed
by
imitation
of
natural
sounds
,
but
this
is
not
believed
by
most
.
◄
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
onomatopoeia
n
:
using
words
that
imitate
the
sound
they
denote
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