英语象声词
英语象声词
1)有关动物的象声词
apes: (猿）gibber叽哩咕噜
asses: (驴)bray, heehaw
babies: cry
bear: growl
bees: buzz, hum, murmur, drone
beetles(甲虫): drone
birds: chatter, chirp, chirrup, flap, peck, sing, squawk, twitter,
bulls: bellow, bow
camels: grunt
cats: miaow, mew, purr
cattle: low
chicken: cheep, peep, pip
chicks: cheep
child: chatter
cock: crow, cock-a-doodle-do
cows: boo, low, moo, moo,
crickets(蟋蟀): chirp
crows: caw, croak
deer: beat
dogs: bark, bay, bow-wow, grow, how, whine, yap, yelp
donkeys: bray, hee-haw
doves: coo, crood, croud, croodle
ducks: quack, screech
eagle: scream
elephants: trumpet
flies: buzz, hum, drone
foxes: yelp, bark
frogs: croak
geese: cackle, gabble, gaggle, hiss
goats: bleat, baa
hawks: scream,
hens: cackle, chuckle
horse: whiney, nicker, neigh, snort,
hounds: bay
insects: chirp
kittens(小猫): mew
larks(百灵): sing, warble
lions: roar
magpies（喜鹊）: chatter
man: giggle, hem(哼)，ouch, hush, mumble, chatter, bravo, murmur, whisper
mice: peep, squeak
monkeys: chatter, japer, screech, chatter mosquitoes: buzz, hum, drom
night eagles: ner
owls: hoot, scream, screech, whop
owls: hoot, screech, scream
ox: bo, how, moo
parrots: talk, quack
pigeons: coo, crood, croodle
pigs crowd
puppies: yelp
rabbits: suqeak
seagulls(海鸥): scream
sheep: bleat, baa
snakes: hiss
sparrows: chatter, chirp, twitter
swallows: twitter
swans: cry
tigers: roar, groul, gaoll
turkeys: gobble
vultures(秃鹫): scream
whales: blow
wide goose(大雁): honk
wolves: howl growl
2)有关物体的象声词
abacus(算盘) balls: pit-a-pat, pita pat
arrows: whistle, whiz
artillery(大炮): booms
balls: bounce
bank notes: rustle
bayonets: clink and clash
beats: pit-a-pat, pita pat, thump, thud, patter
bellows(风箱): flip-flap
bells: clink, clang, jingle, jingle-jangles-jingle, ding dong. bikes: jangle
boots(皮靴): crunch
bottles: crack, crick-crack, rattle
bow string: snap
bowels: rumble
brakes: screech
branches: snap
breeze: puffs
bullets: whistle, whiz, zip
buses: rattle, hoot, and thump cameras: snick
candles: splutter
cars: crash, toot(horn)
carts: rumble, creak
cattle: low
chains: clank
clocks: ding dang, tick, ticktack, tic tak clothes: rustle
coins: jingle
cooking pots: sizzle
cords: pop
curtains: flap
dishes: ding dang, jingle, clatter doors: creak, rat-tat-tat, rat tattoo, rattle, drums: rub-a-dub, rataplan
dry leaves: rustle
eating: slurp
engines: chug, chum, whistle
feet: chatter, tramp
fingers snap
fire crackers: bang, pup
fire snap
flags: flap flutter
floor: creak
glass: crash, clinks,
gongs: ding-dang
guns pup, boom, click
hands: clap, flick
high heal shoes: click
horns: toot
horse's hooves: dip-clop
jade: tickle
keys: clink
knife and fork: clack
leather shoes: click-clack
leaves: whisper, rustle,
locks: snap, click,
locomotive(火车头): puff
machines: buzz,
machines guns: rattle, chatter, tat-rat, tat-tat-tat
metal: ting, clash, clink, tinkle, jing dong, ticktack
mind: buzz
oil: sizzle
paper: rustle
planes: zoom, crash,
radios: squeak
rain: patters, pit-pat-pit-pat
rifle: crack, pop
ropes: crack, snap, pop
scissors: clip-clop
silk: rustle
snow: spatters
steam: hoop, hoos, hoot
stick: swish
stomach: rumble
stones: smack, flop
tears: plop
teeth: chatter
telephone: ring, jangle
thunder: clap, peal, rumble,
tongue: click
trains: rattle, clatter, whistle, murmur
trumps(号): toot
trucks: rumble, grunt
type writers: tap, clatter
watches: tick, ticktack
water: babbles, bubbles, drip-draps, splashes, sizzles, spish-splash, hiss, wheels: rumble, crunch, whir
whips(鞭子): flick, smack, snap, swish
whistles: whack
wind: haot, toot, howl, rattle, sough
windows: rattle
英语象声词
英语的词类和汉语的词类大致相同，但英语却没有象声词。在英语中，象声词往往是通过名词、动词、形容词或其它方式来表达的。从下面例子中，我们可以看出一些常用的"象声词"是如何表达的。
1．jingle 指硬币、小铃、钥匙等发出的叮当声。
Jingle bells，jingle bells，jingle all the way！叮叮当，叮叮当，铃儿响叮当。
He jingled the keys in his pocket．他把口袋里的钥匙弄得哗啦直响。
2．clatter 指马蹄、刀叉、碟碗、机器等发出的声音，也可以指人们的谈笑声。
The dishes and bowls slid together with a clatter．碟子碗碰得叮当响。
the clatter of the horses’hoofs 嗒嗒的马蹄声
3．bang 指突然发出的巨响。
The firecracker went bang．爆竹砰地一声响了。
He shut the door with a bang ．或He banged the door shut．他砰地一声把门关上。
4．snap 指鞭子、风帆、手指发出的噼啪声，树枝等突然折断的声音，关上或打开东西的声音。
The string broke with a snap．啪的一声，弦断了。
He snapped down the lid of the box．他啪地一声关上箱盖。
5．crack 指爆竹、枪等发出的爆裂声和噼啪声。
The fireworks cracked overhead．烟花在头顶上噼啪作响。
Crack！Crack！Two shots rang out．啪！啪！两声枪响。
6．tick 指钟表等发出的滴答声。
The telegraph ticked out message after message．发报机滴滴答答不停地发报。
The night was quiet except for the tick of the clock．夜很静，只有钟摆滴答地响。
7．creak 指吱吱嘎嘎的声音。
The chair creaked under his weight．椅子被他压得咯吱直响。
The door opened with a creak．门吱地一声开了。
8．click指通过相互碰击，发出的喀哒声，也指上锁、扣板机等发出的声音。
The soldiers clicked their heels together．士兵们喀嚓一声全体立正。
the click of boots（on a floor）噔噔的皮靴声
9．rumble指雷、炮、车辆等发出的隆隆声，也指肚子里发出的咕咕声。
The thunder rumbled in the distance．远处雷声隆隆作响。
My stomach keeps rumbling．我的肚子咕咕直响。
10．rattle指类似于小而坚硬的物体相互碰撞时发出的一连串声音。
The beggar rattled the coins in his tin．乞丐把罐子里的钱币摇得嘎嘎响。
a rattle of m ilk bottles 牛奶瓶碰撞发出的嘎嘎声
熟练地掌握"象声词"的译法，有助于我们准确、地道地表达英语，使句子更生动、更形象。在美剧或者电影中，常常会听到其中的角色的对白中会出现一些象声词。可能不刻意去想的话也能通过上下文了解它们所要传达的意思或语气。但在平时的实用对话中，你会想到用它们嘛？
Oops!
【解释】表示感叹，通常用在说话人意识到自己犯了错的情况下，有些化解尴尬的语气。【例句】Oops! I forgot to call you yesterday.
【翻译】哎呀！昨儿忘了给你打电话了。
【补充】记得小甜甜布兰妮那首歌么？《Oops! I did it again》。
Boo-hoo!
【解释】模仿哭声的象声词，带有讽刺的口气。
【例句】Boo-hoo! He’ll be in the show.
【翻译】要你来猫哭耗子啊！他当然会参加表演啊。（选自电影《歌舞青春》）
【补充】吵架时常用的。
Blah blah blah...
【解释】常用来表示省略不必多说的部分；或用于模仿讽刺别人的长篇大论。
【例句】My mom said that it would rain and we shouldn’t go fishing blah blah blah... You know, as always.
【翻译】我妈么，跟平时一样唠叨啊，说什么会下雨啦我们不该出来钓鱼啦啥啥的。
Tick Tock...
【解释】模仿时钟的滴答声。常在警告别人剩余的时间不多了的时候用。
【例句】Life is short.Tick tock, tick tick.
【翻译】人生苦短，光阴似箭。
Ewwww...
【解释】感叹词，表示恶心。
【例句】Can I, as the only normal person in this room, say, "Ew"?
【翻译】作为这个房间里惟一一个正常人，能否允许我说一句：“恶”？（选自美剧《识骨寻踪》）
【补充】一般女孩子才会用这个词，男生用的话会显得比较娘娘腔。
Shush!
【解释】叫别人安静不要说话。
【例句】I will not be shushed, these might be my last words.
【翻译】我才不要闭嘴呢，说不定这就是我的遗言了。（选自英剧《盗侠罗宾汉》）
【补充】上面例句中可以看出，shush不只是一个让人收声的语气词，它还常常用来表示“叫人安静”这个动作。
英语中的拟声词