echo
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noun (plural echoes)
1. (plural echoes) a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener:
こだま, 山びこ, 反響; 反響音
e.g. the walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps.
a reflected radio or radar beam.
〘電〙 (レーダーなどの)反射波
the deliberate introduction of reverberation into a sound recording.
Linguistics the repetition in structure and content of one speaker's utterance by another.
反復, 繰り返し
2. a close parallel or repetition of an idea, feeling, style, or event:
模倣
e.g. his love for her found an echo in her own feelings.
(often echoes) a detail or characteristic that is suggestive of something else:
e.g. the cheese has a sharp rich aftertaste with echoes of salty, earthy pastures.
3. archaic a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another.
模倣者, 付和雷同する人
4. Bridge a play by a defender of a higher card in a suit followed by a lower one in a subsequent trick, used as a signal to request a further lead of that suit by their partner.
〘トランプ〙 エコー〘ブリッジで不必要に高位の札を出すプレー〙
5. a code word representing the letter E, used in radio communication.
verb (echoes, echoing, echoed) no object
1. (of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped:
〈音などが〉反響する (!通例場所を表す〖副詞〗を伴う)
e.g. their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks.
(of a place) resound with or reflect back a sound or sounds:
〈場所が〉 «…を» 反響させる, 〈場所に〉 «…が» 響き渡る «to, with»
e.g. the house echoed with shouts and thundering feet.
with object repeat (someone's words or opinions), typically to express agreement:
｟書｠ 〈他人の言葉〉を繰り返す, 反復する
e.g. these criticisms are echoed in a number of other studies
｟書｠ 〖直接話法〗…とおうむ返しに言う
e.g. with direct speech : “A trip?” she echoed.
2. with object (of an object, movement, or event) be reminiscent of or have shared characteristics with:
〈物･事が〉…に類似する; …を思わせる
e.g. a blue suit that echoed the color of her eyes.
3. with object Computing send a copy of (an input signal or character) back to its source or to a screen for display:
e.g. for security reasons, the password will not be echoed to the screen.
4. Bridge (of a defender) play a higher card followed by a lower one in the same suit, as a signal to request one's partner to lead that suit.
DERIVATIVES
echoer noun
echoey |ˈekō-ē| adjective
echoless |ˈekōləs| adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’.