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。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不是拟声词的唯一例子。

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

需聆听音乐团体 Ylvis 制作一整首关于拟声词的歌曲！

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

本期我们学的是拟声词，听起来像它们所表达的意思的单词。

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。英语有很多拟声词的例子，我们将在今天的节目学到其的一些。

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。

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。

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”——液体在狭窄的空间快速流动时发出的低沉悦耳之声。

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听起来和它所描述的噪音相似。