And the boom and the board was somewhat sonic.

boom 和 board 这两个词都有点拟词感觉。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不拟词唯一例子。

Just listen to the music group Ylvis as they make an entire song about onomatopea!

只需聆听音乐团体 Ylvis 制作一整首关于拟词歌曲！

The Japanese, meanwhile, use characters that sound like guu-guu, and in Mandarin it's akin to hu-lu.

与此同时，日语使用类似“guu-guu”拟词，而普通话中则“呼”。

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

本期我们要学拟词，听起来像它们所表达意思单词。

Many languages have their own unique noises or representations for snoring aside from Zzz as well.

许多语言除了 Zzz 之外，还有自己独特打鼾拟词或表现方式。

So, listen to my story and see if you can hear all of the onomatopoeic words that I use.

所以，听听我故事，否能听出我使用所有拟词。

Right, OK. There are lots of examples of onomatopoeia in the English language, and we'll take a look at some of them on today's show.

好了。英语中有很多拟词例子，我们将在今天节目中学到其中一些。

The word 'purr' is a great example of onomatopoeia and refers to the constant noise which ranges in frequency between 25 and 150 hertz.

“咕”这个词拟词一个很好例子，指频率在 25 到 150 赫兹之间恒定噪。

Yes, it does. Gargle is a great word because it's an example of what we call onomatopoeia – a word which sounds like its meaning.

，确如此。漱口这个词很好，这就我们所说“拟词”——单词发音与其意思一样。

Other examples of onomatopoeia are sizzle - a hissing sound, and gurgle – the low pleasant sound a liquid makes when it flows quickly through a narrow space.

拟词其他例子还有“sizzle”——一种嘶嘶音，还有“gurgle”——液体在狭窄空间中快速流动时发出低沉悦耳之。

Well, it turns out there's a scientific term for the sound your stomach makes, borborygmi, which is a Greek word that's an onomatopoeia, meaning the word is supposed to sound like the noise it's describing.

事实证明，胃部发出音有一个科学术语，那就 borborygmi，这一个希腊语拟词，拟词意思这个词应该听起来和它所描述噪音相似。