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

你还会发现我用了些拟声词。

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些声音。

And the boom and the board was somewhat sonic.

boom 和 board 这两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.

本我们要学的是拟声词，听起来像它们所表达的意思的词。

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

我们今的主题是拟声词——听起来像它们所描述的东西的词。

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

拟声词是指词的发音听起来像它们的意思，例如“boom”、“whack”和“moo”。

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

拟声词是指词的发音与它的意思相像，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：这词听起来就像它的意思。哔哔的声音！

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

所以它有点拟声；音义相近。

Onomatopoetic words are not often used in formal language.

拟声词在正式语言中常使用。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并是拟声词的唯例子。

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。说拟声词如何？击。听遍。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，你可以在其中创建词，这听起来像是词的效果。

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，我们将在今的节目中学到其中的些。

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）在创造这词时就知道他正在创造回文。

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。漱口这词很好，这就是我们所说的“拟声词”——词的发音与其意思样。

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”这词是拟声词的很好的例子，指的是频率在 25 到 150 赫兹之间的恒定噪声。