1、1英语象声词1)有关动物的象声词apes: (猿）gibber 叽哩咕噜asses: (驴)bray, heehawbabies: crybear: growlbees: buzz, hum, murmur, dronebeetles(甲虫): dronebirds: chatter, chirp, chirrup, flap, peck, sing, squawk, twitter,bulls: bellow, bowcamels: gruntcats: miaow, mew, purrcattle: lowchicken: cheep, peep, pipchicks: cheepchil
2、d: chattercock: crow, cock-a-doodle-docows: boo, low, moo, moo,crickets(蟋蟀): chirpcrows: caw, croakdeer: beatdogs: bark, bay, bow-wow, grow, how, whine, yap, yelpdonkeys: bray, hee-hawdoves: coo, crood, croud, croodleducks: quack, screecheagle: screamelephants: trumpetflies: buzz, hum, dronefoxes: y
3、elp, barkfrogs: croakgeese: cackle, gabble, gaggle, hissgoats: bleat, baahawks: scream,hens: cackle, chucklehorse: whiney, nicker, neigh, snort, hounds: bayinsects: chirpkittens(小猫): mewlarks(百灵): sing, warblelions: roarmagpies（喜鹊） : chatterman: giggle, hem(哼)，ouch, hush, mumble, chatter, bravo, mur
4、mur, whisper2mice: peep, squeakmonkeys: chatter, japer, screech, chattermosquitoes: buzz, hum, dromnight eagles: nerowls: hoot, scream, screech, whopowls: hoot, screech, screamox: bo, how, mooparrots: talk, quackpigeons: coo, crood, croodlepigs crowdpuppies: yelprabbits: suqeakseagulls(海鸥 ): screams
5、heep: bleat, baasnakes: hisssparrows: chatter, chirp, twitterswallows: twitterswans: crytigers: roar, groul, gaollturkeys: gobblevultures(秃鹫): screamwhales: blowwide goose(大雁): honkwolves: howl growl2)有关物体的象声词abacus(算盘) balls: pit-a-pat, pita patarrows: whistle, whizartillery(大炮): boomsballs: bounce
6、bank notes: rustlebayonets: clink and clashbeats: pit-a-pat, pita pat, thump, thud, patterbellows(风箱): flip-flapbells: clink, clang, jingle, jingle-jangles-jingle, ding dong.bikes: jangleboots(皮靴): crunchbottles: crack, crick-crack, rattlebow string: snapbowels: rumblebrakes: screech3branches: snapb
7、reeze: puffsbullets: whistle, whiz, zipbuses: rattle, hoot, and thumpcameras: snickcandles: spluttercars: crash, toot(horn)carts: rumble, creakcattle: lowchains: clankclocks: ding dang, tick, ticktack, tic takclothes: rustlecoins: jinglecooking pots: sizzlecords: popcurtains: flapdishes: ding dang,
8、jingle, clatterdoors: creak, rat-tat-tat, rat tattoo, rattle, drums: rub-a-dub, rataplandry leaves: rustleeating: slurpengines: chug, chum, whistlefeet: chatter, trampfingers snapfire crackers: bang, pupfire snapflags: flap flutterfloor: creakglass: crash, clinks, gongs: ding-dangguns pup, boom, cli
9、ckhands: clap, flickhigh heal shoes: clickhorns: toothorses hooves: dip-clopjade: ticklekeys: clinkknife and fork: clackleather shoes: click-clackleaves: whisper, rustle, locks: snap, click, locomotive(火车头 ): puff4machines: buzz, machines guns: rattle, chatter, tat-rat, tat-tat-tatmetal: ting, clash
10、, clink, tinkle, jing dong, ticktackmind: buzzoil: sizzlepaper: rustleplanes: zoom, crash, radios: squeakrain: patters, pit-pat-pit-patrifle: crack, popropes: crack, snap, popscissors: clip-clopsilk: rustlesnow: spatterssteam: hoop, hoos, hootstick: swishstomach: rumblestones: smack, floptears: plop
11、teeth: chattertelephone: ring, janglethunder: clap, peal, rumble, tongue: clicktrains: rattle, clatter, whistle, murmurtrumps(号): toottrucks: rumble, grunttype writers: tap, clatterwatches: tick, ticktackwater: babbles, bubbles, drip-draps, splashes, sizzles, spish-splash, hiss, wheels: rumble, crun
12、ch, whirwhips(鞭子): flick, smack, snap, swishwhistles: whackwind: haot, toot, howl, rattle, soughwindows: 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。 1jingle 指硬币、小铃、钥匙等发出的叮当声。 5 Jingle bells，jingle bells，jingle all the way！叮叮当，叮叮当，铃儿响叮当。 He jin
13、gled the keys in his pocket他把口袋里的钥匙弄得哗啦直响。 2clatter 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 horseshoofs 嗒嗒的马蹄声 3bang 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。 4sna
14、p 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。 5crack 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。 6tick 指钟表等发出的滴答声。 The telegraph ticked out message after message发报机滴
15、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。 7creak 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。 8click 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 ）
16、噔噔的皮靴声 9rumble 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。 10rattle 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
17、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
18、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。 6Blah 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 shouldnt 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,
19、 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
