sound

1 عمومی:: متقن، درست، مجاب کننده، قاطع، قابل اعتماد، کامل، بی نقص، معتبر، عمیق، آوا، قابل اتکا، علی، متقاعد کننده، به نظر رسیدن، بی عیب، منطقی، صوت، سالم، صدا، صدا کردن، محکم، گویا

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun sth you hear ADJ. big, deafening, loud, powerful We need a big powerful sound from the trumpets in the final passage. | audible | faint, little, soft | high | deep, low | clean, clear, sharp He produces a good clean sound on his flute. | piercing | muffled | amazing, beautiful, good, lovely, pleasing | awful, horrible, sickening There was a sickening sound as his head made contact with the concrete. | familiar, strange | distinctive | haunting | booming, buzzing, clanking, etc. | metallic | hollow | distorted | distant the distant sound of church bells | guitar, piano, etc. She tried to describe what made a good guitar sound. | speech, vowel VERB + SOUND hear | emit, make, produce, pronounce, transmit, utter What's making that awful creaking sound? Three bones transmit sounds to the inner ear. He didn't utter a single sound throughout the meeting. SOUND + VERB carry, travel Sound carries well over calm water. | come A strange sound came from the box. | echo | die away SOUND + NOUN wave | effect | bite As a politician he is a master of the 30-second sound bite. PREP. at the ~ of He turned around at the sound of footsteps behind him. | without a ~ The door opened without a sound. | ~ of the sound of breaking glass | ~ from There was a strange sound from downstairs. PHRASES the speed of sound 2 the sound from television/radio, etc. ADJ. recorded | mono, stereo VERB + SOUND turn down/up Can you turn the sound up? SOUND + NOUN level, quality | system a stereo sound system | recording | recorder | engineerNOTEsoundsgive a ~ The dog gave a low growl.let out a ~ He let out a blood-curdling scream.hear ~ We heard the peal of church bells.with a ~ The vase fell to the ground with a great crash.~ of a roar of laughter a snort of derision the whine of an engine, adj. in good condition VERBS be, feel, look, seem ADV. extremely, very | fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably That seems like fairly sound advice. | structurally Is the building structurally sound? PHRASES safe and sound (= not hurt) We arrived home safe and sound. sensible VERBS be, seem ADV. extremely, very | absolutely, perfectly She had a perfectly sound reason for acting as she did. | fairly, pretty, reasonably | basically, fundamentally | commercially, ecologically, environmentally, financially, ideologically, theoretically It was a financially sound investment.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with SOUND, Also see SAFE AND SOUND.

American Heritage Idioms

3 general:: sound off informal to express your opinions forcefully, especially without being asked for them • He's always sounding off about how he thinks the country should be run., sound sb out [ M ] to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action • Perhaps you could sound the chairwoman out before the meeting, to see which way she's going to vote?

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

4 general:: soundadjectives loud • There was a loud creaking sound and the branch snapped. faint/soft (= not loud )• The sound was so faint I wasn’t sure what it was at first. deafening (= very loud )• The sound of the waterfall was deafening. distinctive/unmistakable • Suddenly from below came the unmistakable sound of gunfire. a strange sound • I heard a strange sound coming from outside. a familiar sound • Suddenly she heard the familiar sound of the key being turned in the front door. a distant sound (= a long way away )• All seemed quiet, but for the distant sound of police sirens. a muffled sound (= not clear )• Now there were muffled sounds of movement. a banging/tearing/hissing etc sound • There was an odd buzzing sound in her ears. verbs hear a sound • She heard the sound of a car starting. make a sound • The machine made a strange hissing sound. not make a sound (= be completely quiet )• He lay still and didn’t make a sound. a sound comes from somewhere • The sounds seemed to be coming from the study below. sound travels • Light travels faster than sound. sound carries (= can be heard some distance away )• I knew the sound of the horn would would carry for miles. a sound stops • The sound stopped suddenly. a sound dies away (= stops gradually )• I listened until the sound had died away completely. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' a strong sound '. Say a loud sound . sound 2nouns sound advice • He gave us some sound advice. sound judgement • He was beginning to rely on her sound judgement. a sound reason • Both these buyers have sound reasons for their choice. a sound investment • Property is usually a sound investment. a sound policy • The problems of industry will only be solved by sound economic policies. a sound basis • Sometimes friendship is a sound basis for a good marriage. adverbs environmentally/ecologically sound • The government encourages environmentally sound management of the countryside. ideologically sound (= good, according to a set of beliefs )• It was the ideologically sound thing to do. scientifically/technically sound • Are these studies scientifically sound?

transnet.ir

5 general:: nounnoise: We heard a sound from the room.verbring: The bell will sound on the hour.adj.sensible: That is sound advice.adj.healthy: He is now sound and back at work.adj.severe: He gave the thief a sound thrashing.

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