acoustic

Word family

ldoce_002_ca·cous·tic /əˈkuːstɪk/ adjectiveadj

Crelating to sound and the way people hear things 声音的；听觉的 →5 See picture of acoustic guitar 原声吉他, amplifier 扩音器, electric guitar 电吉他 →4 See picture of 见图 acoustic

2. APMan acoustic guitar or other musical instrument does not have its sound made louder electronically 〔乐器〕原声的，自然声的 → electric

—acoustically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

acoustic• Possible swap for interesting electric or acoustic.• It is known that there are few, if any, reliable acoustic cues to word boundaries.• The noises you heard - the explosive noises - were the acoustic effects of a second Darkfall strike.• Various pieces of recording equipment are used to produce interesting acoustic effects.• Deaf people get no acoustic feedback when they talk, so their speech is often impaired.• The insects that bats prey upon have a comparable battery of sophisticated electronic and acoustic gear.• Budd, who has been strumming his acoustic guitar through the Midwest, writes introspective songs with a witty, sincere touch.• Unfortunately, the beginnings of utterances appear to be particularly unconstrained by either the acoustic material or the linguistic interpretation.• It is this industrial market that excites potential manufacturers of acoustic microscopes.• The vibration takes the form of an acoustic wave travelling down the rod.

Origin acoustic

(1700-1800) Greek akoustikos “of hearing”, from akouein “to hear”

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 9232 COCA: 10194

acoustic

Relating to sound: above, acoustic, acoustics...