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.

本期我们要学的是拟声词，起像它们所表达的意思的单词。

Many languages have their own unique noises or representations for snoring aside from Zzz as well.

许多语言除了 Zzz 之外，还有自己独特的打鼾拟声词或表现方式。

The Japanese, meanwhile, use characters that sound like guu-guu, and in Mandarin it's akin to hu-lu.

与此同时，日语使用类似“guu-guu”的拟声词，而普通话中则是“”。

Yes, few is an example of onomatopoeia.

是的，" few" 是拟声词的一个例子。

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

只需聆音乐团体 Ylvis 制作一整首关于拟声词的歌曲！

Welcome to the wonderful world of onomatopoeia.

到奇妙的拟声词世界。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不是拟声词的唯一例子。

Did you hear all of the onomatopoeic words?

你到了所有的拟声词了吗？

The word buffoon is ultimately a product of Italian comedy, and it's an example of onomatopoeia.

“ buffoon ”这个词最终源自意大利喜剧，它是一个拟声词的例子。

Take a walk in the woods after dark, and you might hear crickets chirping or frogs ribbiting.

晚上在森林里散步，你可能会到蟋蟀 chirping 或者青蛙 ribbiting。 注：chirping 和 ribbiting 分别是蟋蟀和青蛙的叫声，这里保留了原文中的拟声词。

It's simply an echoic or imitative adaptation of the notion of tapping on someone or touching them.

这不过是对敲击某人或触碰他们的概念的一种拟声或模仿性的适应。

So, listen to my story and see if you can hear all of the onomatopoeic words that I use.

所以，我讲故事，看看你能否到我使用的所有拟声词。

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，我们将在今天的节目中学到其中的一些。

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，这就是我们所说的“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。

Other examples of onomatopoeia are sizzle - a hissing sound, and gurgle – the low pleasant sound a liquid makes when it flows quickly through a narrow space.

拟声词的其他例子还有“sizzle”——一种嘶嘶的声音，还有“gurgle”——液体在狭窄的空间中快速流动时发出的低沉悦耳之声。

So lots of Roald Dahl's books have slightly naughty words and moments when characters do things that go against what's normally acceptable, like whiz-popping in front of the Queen of England.

因此，罗尔德·达尔的许多书籍中都包含些许调皮的词汇和情节， 角色们会做出一些通常不被接受的行为，比如在英国女王面前放屁（原文为“whiz-popping” ，模仿放屁声的拟声词）。

Well, it turns out there's a scientific term for the sound your stomach makes, borborygmi, which is a Greek word that's an onomatopoeia, meaning the word is supposed to sound like the noise it's describing.

事实证明，你的胃部发出的声音有一个科学术语，那就是 borborygmi，这是一个希腊语拟声词，拟声词的意思是这个词应该起和它所描述的噪音相似。