onomatopoeia

• n. 擬聲；聲喻法

來自希臘語onoma,名字，詞源同name,anonymous.-poeia,產生，創造，詞源同poet.引申詞義通過物體發出的聲音命名的詞，即擬聲詞。

onomatopoeia (n.)

1570s, from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Greek onomatopoiia "the making of a name or word" (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios, from onoma (genitive onomatos) "word, name" (see name (n.)) + a derivative of poiein "compose, make" (see poet). Related: Onomatopoeic; onomatopoeial.

1. Onomatopoeia and mimetic words are a striking feature of Japanese vocabulary.

摘要擬聲詞和擬態詞是日語詞匯的突出特征.

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2. Words like rustle and gargle are illustrations of onomatopoeia.

詞像沙沙和漱口有插圖的象聲詞.

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3. Chinese and Japanese are representative languages with abundant use of onomatopoeia among them.

漢語和日語是其中較具代表性的有著豐富擬聲詞的語言.

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4. Generally speaking, onomatopoeia have no actual meaning, therefore they cannot be used as a subject.

一般來說, 象聲詞沒有實際意義, 因而不能當主語.

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5. The words that function as predicate are adjectives, nouns, numerals and onomatopoeia, in addition to verbs.

除了動詞以外,形容詞 、 詞 、 量詞和象聲詞都可以充當謂語, 這類句子稱為非動詞謂語句.

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