unison: [16] Unison originated as a musical term, denoting ‘of the same sound’. It comes via Old French unison from late Latin ūnisonus, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and sonus ‘sound’ (source of English sound). The metaphorical sense ‘agreement, concord’ emerged in the 17th century. => sound
unison (n.)
1570s, "note having the same pitch as another; identity in pitch of two or more sounds; interval between tones of the same pitch," especially the interval of an octave, from Middle French unisson "unison, accord of sound" (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin unisonus "having one sound, sounding the same," from Late Latin unisonius "in immediate sequence in the scale, monotonous," from Latin uni- "one" (see one) + sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)). Figurative sense of "harmonious agreement" is first attested 1640s.
雙語例句
1. 72,000 pairs of hands clapped in unison to the song.
72,000雙手和著歌曲整齊劃一地打著拍子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The international community is ready to work in unison against him.
國際社會準備聯手反對他。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.
這些國家的政府一致行動對付恐怖主義.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. They ran together, their legs moving in unison.
他們步調一致地一起跑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Unison and the other unions have the power to hold the Government to ransom.