And the boom and the board was somewhat sonic.

boom 和 board 这两个词都有点拟声词感觉。

But that's not the only example of onomatopoeia.

但这并不是拟声词唯一例子。

Just listen to the music group Ylvis as they make an entire song about onomatopea!

只需聆音乐团体 Ylvis 制作一整首关于拟声词歌曲！

The Japanese, meanwhile, use characters that sound like guu-guu, and in Mandarin it's akin to hu-lu.

与此同时，日语使用类似“guu-guu”拟声词，而普通话中则是“呼”。

Our subject for today is onomatopoeia. That means, words that sound like the thing they mean.

本期们要是拟声词，起来像它们所表达意思单词。

Many languages have their own unique noises or representations for snoring aside from Zzz as well.

许多语言除了 Zzz 之外，还有自己独特打鼾拟声词或表现方式。

So, listen to my story and see if you can hear all of the onomatopoeic words that I use.

所以，故事，看看你是否能出使用所有拟声词。

Right, OK. There are lots of examples of onomatopoeia in the English language, and we'll take a look at some of them on today's show.

好了。英语中有很多拟声词例子，们将在今天节目中到其中一些。

The word 'purr' is a great example of onomatopoeia and refers to the constant noise which ranges in frequency between 25 and 150 hertz.

“咕声”这个词是拟声词一个很好例子，指是频率在 25 到 150 赫兹之间恒定噪声。

Yes, it does. Gargle is a great word because it's an example of what we call onomatopoeia – a word which sounds like its meaning.

是，确如此。漱口这个词很好，这就是们所说“拟声词”——单词发音与其意思一样。

Other examples of onomatopoeia are sizzle - a hissing sound, and gurgle – the low pleasant sound a liquid makes when it flows quickly through a narrow space.

拟声词其他例子还有“sizzle”——一种嘶嘶声音，还有“gurgle”——液体在狭窄空间中快速流动时发出低沉悦耳之声。

Well, it turns out there's a scientific term for the sound your stomach makes, borborygmi, which is a Greek word that's an onomatopoeia, meaning the word is supposed to sound like the noise it's describing.

事实证明，你胃部发出声音有一个科术语，那就是 borborygmi，这是一个希腊语拟声词，拟声词意思是这个词应该起来和它所描述噪音相似。