acoustic: [17] Appropriately enough, acoustic may be distantly related to hear. It first appeared in English in Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning 1605, borrowed from Greek akoustikós. This in turn was derived from the Greek verb for ‘hear’, akoúein, which, it has been speculated, may have some connection with *khauzjan, the original Germanic source of English hear, not to mention German h?ren and Dutch horen (as well as with Latin cavēre ‘be on one’s guard’, and hence with English caution and caveat). => caution, caveat, hear
acoustic (adj.)
c. 1600, from French acoustique, from Greek akoustikos "pertaining to hearing," from akoustos "heard, audible," verbal adjective from akouein "to hear," probably from copulative prefix a- (see a- (3)) + koein "to mark, perceive, hear," from PIE *kous- "to hear," which is perhaps from root *(s)keu- "to notice, observe" (see caveat). Acoustic guitar (as opposed to electric) attested by 1958. Related: Acoustical; acoustically.
雙語例句
1. She was backed by acoustic guitar, bass and congas.
原聲吉他、貝斯和康茄鼓為她伴奏。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He plays a solo acoustic set.
他伴著原聲樂器獨(dú)唱了一組歌曲。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical singals for transmission.
麥克風(fēng)將聲波轉(zhuǎn)化成電信號(hào)進(jìn)行傳播.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. In this performance, Rattle had the acoustic of the Symphony Hall on his side.
這場(chǎng)演出中，拉特爾有交響樂大廳出色的音響效果做他的后盾。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Animals use a whole rang of acoustic , visual, and chemical signals in their systems of communication.