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reverberation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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re·ver·be·ra·tion /rɪˌvɜːbəˈreɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun  1 [countable usually plural]EFFECT/INFLUENCE a severe effect that is caused by a particular event and continues for a long time 反响,严重影响 SYN repercussion the scandal’s political reverberations 丑闻的政治影响2. [countable, uncountable]CSOUND a loud sound that is heard again and again as it is sent back from different surfaces 回荡,回响 echo
Examples from the Corpus
reverberationIf that generous interpretation is correct, then the success of Cobra might have reverberations far beyond beer and curry.The June 5 union election will have reverberations throughout the auto industry.The wind and the rain, and the hollow reverberation of the storm brought Rohmer back from his reverie.It is painful, then, that some one like Marge Piercy can ignore its reverberations in our present age.With real reverberation the sounds that take the longest to arrive are the weakest.They could feel the reverberation of the explosion in the dugout.Fenn froze, shoulders hunched, until the reverberations died away.When the reverberations ceased, the gabble of the audience also did.
re·ver·be·ra·tion nounChineseSyllable
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reverberation
reverberation /rɪˌvɜːbəˈreɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun
1. [countable usually plural] a severe effect that is caused by a particular event and continues for a long time
   SYN  repercussion:
    the scandal’s political reverberations
2. [uncountable and countable] a loud sound that is heard again and again as it is sent back from different surfaces ⇨ echo


re·ver·ber·ationBrE /ˌvɜːbəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌvɜːrbəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a loud noise that continues for some time after it has been produced because of the surfaces around it 回响;回声;反响 SYN echo reverberations [plural] the effects of sth that happens, especially unpleasant ones that spread among a large number of people 影响;(尤指)广泛的消极影响 SYN repercussion