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 引起共鸣

resonate with

an idea that resonates with many voters

引起许多投票者共鸣的建议

2 Cto make a deep loud clear sound that continues for a long time 发出洪亮的声音 → resound

The music resonated through the streets.

乐曲在街头回荡。

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

4 resonate with something phrasal verbphr v

a) CHARACTER OF something formal to be full of a particular meaning or quality 充满〔某种含义或特性〕

literature that resonates with biblical imagery

充满圣经意象的文学作品

b) Cto be full of a particular sound 回响着

a hall resonating with laughter

笑声荡漾的大厅

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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