Betekenis van echo In het Nederlands

• 0 a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff:

  • The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.

  • Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway.

• 1 a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:

  • There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions.

• 2 If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space:

  • The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall.

  • Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.

• 3 to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else:

  • The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral.

  • I've heard the prime minister's view echoed throughout the party.

• 4 a sound that is heard again after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff:

  • The cave was filled with the echoes of our voices.

• 5 a quality or other detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:

  • The son’s behavior is a clear echo of his father’s.

• 6 to fill a place with repeating sounds, or to be filled with these sounds:

  • The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall.

• 7 to express or think what someone else has said or thought:

  • Brownell’s comments echoed the opinion of the majority of the commission members.