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

我们今天的主题是拟声词——听起来像它们所描述的东西的词。

Professor Spence uses onomatopoeia to describe some sounds.

斯宾塞教授用拟声词来描述一些声音。

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。

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。

For you language lovers, that's called onomatopoeia.

对于语言来说，这叫做拟声词。

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它的意思相像，如‘buzz’，‘zoom’和‘whack’。

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像它们的意思，例如“boom”、“whack”和“moo”。

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“呼噜”。

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：这个词听起来就像它的意思。哔哔的声音！

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

本期我们要的是拟声词，听起来像它们所表达的意思的单词。

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。

Do you know that, that, uh, I guess it's a onomatopoeia?

你知道吗，那个，呃，我想那应该算是拟声词吧？

Yes, few is an example of onomatopoeia.

是的，" few" 是拟声词的一个例子。

Sometimes, onomatopoetic words are even used as adjectives.

有时， 拟声词甚至被用作形容词。

Onomatopoetic words are not often used in formal language.

拟声词在正式语言中不常使用。

Welcome to the wonderful world of onomatopoeia.

欢迎来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。

All around him, flames crackle and spit.

他周围，火焰噼里啪啦地 crackle 和 spit。 注：这里的 " crackle 和 spit" 是拟声词，直译为“噼里啪啦”和“嘶嘶”，在中文中通常会合并为一个形象的描述，如“噼里啪啦地燃烧”。为了保持原文的感觉，这里保留了两个词。

And Yiddish schwitz, you know, which even sounds like it's almost onomatopoeic.

还有意第绪语中的“schwitz”，你知道的，这个词听起来几乎就像是拟声词。