So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
這樣就產生了目前各種船舶上普遍應用的回聲探測儀。
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 7 Bats

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echo ['?ko] 詞頻2
n. 回聲,共鳴;(言語、作風、思想等的)重復;重復者;[無線電]回波; vt. 重復,效仿;隨聲附和;類似;發射(聲音等); vi. 被重復;產生回響;充滿回聲;
?? echo-, ech- 表示”聲音 ,噪音”;特備是”回聲”;”重復,模仿”
"There was an echo on the line and I couldn't hear clearly."
電話里有回音,我聽不清楚。
近義:repeat, reecho, resonate, resound, reverberate, boom
apparatus [,?p?'r?t?s] 詞頻3 詞根: par
n. 儀器,器械;機器;機構,機關;器官;
?? ap使+par準備+atus表名詞→準備用的東西→設備,器具
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件實驗室儀器
近義:appliance, implement, mechanism, outfit, rig, rigging
general ['d??nr?l] 詞頻1 詞根: gen
adj. 大致的;綜合的;總的,全體的;普遍的; n. 上將;一般;一般原則;常規;
?? gener出生,產生+al形容詞后綴→出生[一般]→普通的n.總論
"These difficulties are general among people of his age."
這些困難在他那個年齡的人中普遍存在.
近義:total, unspecific, vague, universal, gp, intermutual 反義:particular, especial, special, concrete, definite
born [b?rn] 詞頻1 詞根: /b?/
vt. bear的過去分詞;支撐,支持;親自攜帶,運輸; vi. 結果,生產;和…有關; adj. 出生的,出身于…的;天生的,天賦的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
薩姆在鄉下出生,特別喜愛大自然。
近義:inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
sounding ['saundi?]
n. 探通術; v. (使)發出聲音,響( sound的現在分詞 );發(音);試探;探測;
"I tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful."
我在強調自己的優點時盡量不讓人覺得是在自我吹噓。
近義:auscultation, loud, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing

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