What you'll also notice is that I throw in sound effects.

你还会发现我用了一些拟声词。

For you language lovers, that's called onomatopoeia.

对于语言爱好者来说，这叫做拟声词。

Professor Spence uses onomatopoeia to describe some sounds.

斯宾塞教授用拟声词来描述一些声音。

And the boom and the board was somewhat sonic.

boom 和 board 这两个词都有点拟声词的感觉。

Our subject for today is onomatopoeia. That means, words that sound like the thing they mean.

本我要学的是拟声词，听起来所表达的意思的单词。

And our subject today is onomatopoeia — words that sound like the thing they describe.

我今天的主题是拟声词——听起来所描述的东西的词。

Onomatopoeia is when words sound like what they mean, for example 'boom', 'whack' and 'moo'.

拟声词是指单词的发音听起来的意思，例如“boom”、“whack”和“moo”。

Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it means, words like 'buzz', 'zoom' and 'whack'.

拟声词是指一个单词的发音与的意思相，如‘buzz’，‘zoom’和‘whack’。

That's it Rob, yeah. That's onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the thing it means. Beep!

就是这样，罗布。这就是拟声词：这个词听起来就的意思。哔哔的声音！

So it's slightly onomatopoeic; the sound and the meaning are quite close together.

所以有点拟声；音义相近。

Onomatopoetic words are not often used in formal language.

拟声词在正式语言中不常使用。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不是拟声词的唯一例子。

Sometimes, onomatopoetic words are even used as adjectives.

有时， 拟声词甚至被用作形容词。

Just listen to the music group Ylvis as they make an entire song about onomatopea!

只需聆听音乐团体 Ylvis 制作一整首关于拟声词的歌曲！

Yes, you can stop now. Thank you very much. How about another quick example of onomatopoeia. A click. Listen again. Click.

是的，你现在可以停下了。非常感谢。再说个拟声词如何？单击。再听一遍。单击。

[David] And onomatopoeia, where you make a word that sounds like what the word's effect is.

- [大卫] 还有拟声词，你可以在其中创建一个单词，这听起来是单词的效果。

Right, OK. There are lots of examples of onomatopoeia in the English language, and we'll take a look at some of them on today's show.

好了。英语中有很多拟声词的例子，我将在今天的节目中学到其中的一些。

It's onomatopoeia and you can be pretty sure that  James Joyce knew he was creating a palindrome when he coined that word.

这是拟声词，你可以很确定詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）在创造这个词时就知道他正在创造一个回文。

Yes, it does. Gargle is a great word because it's an example of what we call onomatopoeia – a word which sounds like its meaning.

是的，的确如此。漱口这个词很好，这就是我所说的“拟声词”——单词的发音与其意思一样。

The word 'purr' is a great example of onomatopoeia and refers to the constant noise which ranges in frequency between 25 and 150 hertz.

“咕噜声”这个词是拟声词的一个很好的例子，指的是频率在 25 到 150 赫兹之间的恒定噪声。