拟声和修辞

• as blind as bat/mole • as brave as a lion • as hungry as a wolf • as slippery as an eel • as proud as a peacock • as stubborn as a mule • as fat/greedy as a pig • as cheerful as a lark • as swift as an antelope • as mute as a fish • as timid as a rabbit/hare • as tricky as a monkey • as cold/chaste as ice • as clean as a new pin • as clear as crystal • as cold as ice/a stone • as wet as a drowned rat • as easy as ABC/pie • as black as coal/pitch onomatopoeia

bang: (1) to knock violently and with a loud noise;

He banged the book down on the table.

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• as cool as a cucumber泰然自若

• as cheap as dirt • as fair as a rose • as fit as a fiddle • as green as grass • as hard as rock/a stone • as hot as fire • as light as feather • as quick as lightning

• as sharp as a needle/razor机警 • as slow as a snail • as still as death • as sweet as honey • as tight as a drum (小气) • as white as snow • as happy as a clam • as strong as an ox

(2) to make a sharp loud noise

I could hear the door banging in the wind.

pound: (1) to beat or hit repeatedly, heavily and noisily

He pounded the table angrily. My heart pounded with excitement.

(2) to move with heavy quick steps that make a dull sound The runaway cattle pounded down the hill.

bump: to hit or knock against with force or violence

The car bumped the tree.

thump: to hit with a heavy blow

The boxer’s fist thumped into the punch bag.

thud: to move, fall or hit sth. so as to make a dull sound

The arrow thudded into the target.

crash: (1) to fall or hit a surface noisily and violently, esp. breaking into pieces 撞碎

She crashed the plates angrily down on the table. (2) make a sudden loud noise巨响

The thunder crashed dramatically.

crack: n. v. to make a sudden loud sharp sound爆裂声 clap: n. a loud explosive sound爆裂声,轰隆声

a clap of thunder

clang: to make a loud ringing sound like the sound of metal being hit

clank: to make a short loud sound, like that of a heavy metal chain being

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the clank of chains

clink: to make a slight high sound like that of pieces of glass lightly hitting each other

They clinked their glasses together to toast the bride and groom. click: a slight short sound咔哒声

the click of heels as she ran down the stairs The door clicked shut.

She clicked her fingers in time to the music. creak: to make the sound of a badly-oiled door when it opens

动物的叫声

baa：绵羊的叫声

bleat：(羊或小牛)叫声；咩咩声 bark：狗的叫声 growl：(狗)叫 bowwow：(狗)汪汪声 bellow：(公牛)吼叫声 moo：(母牛)哞叫声 bray：(驴等的)叫声

buzz：(蜜蜂、蚊子等)嗡嗡声 cackle：(母鸡下蛋后)咯咯声

cheep：(小鸡)唧唧声；(鸟等)啁啾声

chirp：(小鸟、昆虫等)啁啾声，唧唧声，嘤嘤声 cluck：(母鸡)咯咯声 coo：(鸽子、斑鸠等)咕咕声 crow／cockadoodledoo(公鸡)啼鸣；喔喔声

grunt／oink：(猪等)咕噜声 hiss／蛇发嘶嘶声 hum：(蜜蜂等)嗡嗡声

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mew／miaow／miaou／meow／mew (猫)喵喵声

neigh／whinny：(马等)嘶叫声 purr：(猫)呼噜声 quack：(鸭等)嘎嘎声,庸医 roar：(狮虎等)咆哮声

squeak：(鼠等)吱吱声 ：(鸟)吱吱叫；鸣声 whine：(狗)呜呜叫 whistle：(画眉等)鸟鸣声 yelp：(兽类痛苦、愤怒、兴奋等的)嗥叫声

A fly hums/ buzzes/ drones.苍蝇“嗡嗡”叫。 A bee/ mosquito hums/ buzzes.蜂/蚊子“嗡嗡”叫。

buzz(嗡嗡)hum（哼哼） hum除了尤指蜜蜂发“嗡嗡”(a continuous buzz)声，发“哼哼”声外，还可以用来指人等“闭嘴哼唱”，如：hum a song 哼一首歌。

A wild - goose honks.雁鸣。

As she drove past, she honked the horn.她开车经过时，按了喇叭。可想而知大雁的声音是怎么样的了。

Bellow这个词常常用来指公牛吼叫，试着模仿一下那“巨大低沉的吼声”（a loud deep hollow sound）。也可以用在人身上，如：to bellow (out) with excitement/pain兴奋得/痛得大声吼叫，to bellow (out) orders 意思是大声发出命令。“Go away!” He bellowed.“滚开！”他吼叫道。

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A chick cheeps/ pips/ pules/ peeps.小鸡“叽叽”叫。

A bird/ sparrow s /chirps/ chirrups.鸟/麻雀“唧唧喳喳”叫。 A rat squeaks.A mouse squeaks/ peeps.老鼠“吱吱”叫。 A calf/lamb/goat bleats.小牛/小羊/山羊叫。 A sheep bleats/ baas.绵羊\"咩咩\"叫。 An ass/donkey brays.驴叫。 A crow caws /croaks.乌鸦叫。 A crane whoops.鹤叫。

A magpie chatters.喜鹊“嘁嘁喳喳”叫。 A nightingale jugs.夜莺叫。 A frog croaks.青蛙“呱呱”叫。 A goose cackles/ gaggles.鹅“嘎嘎”叫。

A dove/ pigeon coos/ croods/ croodles.鸽子“咕咕”叫。 A bear/bull bellows.熊/公牛吼叫。 An elephant trumpets.大象吼叫。 A fox yelps.狐狸叫。 A lion roars.狮吼。

A monkey screeches/ chatters/ gibbers.猴子“喳喳”叫。 A snake hisses.蛇嘶嘶。 A tiger growls.虎咆哮。 A turkey gobbles.火鸡叫。 A whale blows.鲸啸。 A wolf howls.狼嚎

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