1570s, from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Greek onomatopoiia "the making of a name or word" (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios, from onoma (genitive onomatos) "word, name" (see name (n.)) + a derivative of poiein "compose, make" (see poet). Related: Onomatopoeic; onomatopoeial.
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1. Onomatopoeia and mimetic words are a striking feature of Japanese vocabulary.
摘要拟声词和拟态词是日语词汇的突出特征.
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2. Words like rustle and gargle are illustrations of onomatopoeia.
词像沙沙和漱口有插图的象声词.
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3. Chinese and Japanese are representative languages with abundant use of onomatopoeia among them.
汉语和日语是其中较具代表性的有着丰富拟声词的语言.
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4. Generally speaking, onomatopoeia have no actual meaning, therefore they cannot be used as a subject.
一般来说, 象声词没有实际意义, 因而不能当主语.
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5. The words that function as predicate are adjectives, nouns, numerals and onomatopoeia, in addition to verbs.
