resonate

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res·o·nate /ˈrezəneɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 if something such as an event or a message resonates, it seems important or good to people, or continues to do this 引起共鳴

resonate with

an idea that resonates with many voters

引起許多投票者共鳴的建議

2 Cto make a deep loud clear sound that continues for a long time 發出洪亮的聲音 → resound

The music resonated through the streets.

樂曲在街頭回蕩。

3. Cto make a sound that is produced as a reaction to another sound 産生共鳴，共振

4 resonate with something phrasal verbphr v

a) CHARACTER OF something formal to be full of a particular meaning or quality 充滿〔某種含義或特性〕

literature that resonates with biblical imagery

充滿聖經意象的文學作品

b) Cto be full of a particular sound 回響着

a hall resonating with laughter

笑聲蕩漾的大廳

Examples from the Corpus

resonate• In Hawaii, a large gourd is worn like a mask, inside which the voice resonates.• Similar forms resonate and reinforce each other.• Martin Luther King Jr.'s name resonates in the heart of every American.• In fact, such sounds may be picked up in their whiskers, resonating like guitar strings, rather than by their ears.• People walked through various caves whistling and mapped where the sounds resonated most powerfully.• But it resonates politically, putting Dole squarely on the side of innocent folk unfairly wronged.• Her deep cough resonates through mucus-filled lungs.• The rumble of the taiko drum resonated through the air.• The sounds of Beethoven's 5th Symphony resonated through the house.• Bob Dole has a message that will resonate with those voters.• The anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187 resonated with voters two years ago.

Origin resonate

(1800-1900) Latin past participle of resonare; → RESOUND

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