Professor Spence uses onomatopoeia to describe some sounds.

斯宾塞教授用拟声词来描述一些声音。

For you language lovers, that's called onomatopoeia.

对于语言爱好者来说，这叫做拟声词。

Your crackers aren't as onomatopoeia as I'd hoped.

你的饼干没有我希望的那种嘎吱脆声。

And our subject today is onomatopoeia — words that sound like the thing they describe.

我们今天的主题是拟声词——听起来像它们所描述的东西的词。

Our subject for today is onomatopoeia. That means, words that sound like the thing they mean.

本期我们要学的是拟声词，听起来像它们所表达的意思的单词。

That's it Rob, yeah. That's onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the thing it means. Beep!

就是这样，罗布。这就是拟声词：这个词听起来就像它的意思。哔哔的声音！

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不是拟声词的唯一例子。

Yes, you can stop now. Thank you very much. How about another quick example of onomatopoeia. A click. Listen again. Click.

是的，你现在可以停下了。非常感谢。再说个拟声词如何？单击。再听一遍。单击。

[David] That's why you would want to learn how to use assonance, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

- [大卫] 这就是为什么你想学习如何使用谐音、头韵和象声词。

[David] And onomatopoeia, where you make a word that sounds like what the word's effect is.

- [大卫] 还有拟声词，你可以在其中创建一个单词，这听起来像是单词的效果。