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常见的英语象声词 1)有关动物的象声词 apes: (猿）gibber叽哩咕噜 asses: (驴)bray, heehaw babies: cry bear: growl bees: buzz, hum, murmur, drone beetles(甲虫): drone birds: chatter, chirp, chirrup, flap, peck, sing, squawk, twitter, bulls: bellow, bow camels: grunt cats: miaow, mew, purr cattle: low chicken: cheep, peep, pip chicks: cheep child: chatter cock: crow, cock-a-doodle-do cows: boo, low, moo, moo, crickets(蟋蟀): chirp crows: caw, croak deer: beat dogs: bark, bay, bow-wow, grow, how, whine, yap, yelp donkeys: bray, hee-haw doves: coo, crood, croud, croodle ducks: quack, screech eagle: scream elephants: trumpet flies: buzz, hum, drone foxes: yelp, bark frogs: croak geese: cackle, gabble, gaggle, hiss goats: bleat, baa hawks: scream, hens: cackle, chuckle horse: whiney, nicker, neigh, snort, hounds: bay insects: chirp kittens(小猫): mew larks(百灵): sing, warble lions: roar magpies（喜鹊）: chatter man: giggle, hem(哼)，ouch, hush, mumble, chatter, bravo, murmur, whisper mice: peep, squeak monkeys: chatter, japer, screech, chatter mosquitoes: buzz, hum, drom night eagles: ner owls: hoot, scream, screech, whop owls: hoot, screech, scream ox: bo, how, moo parrots: talk, quack pigeons: coo, crood, croodle pigs crowd puppies: yelp rabbits: suqeak seagulls(海鸥): scream sheep: bleat, baa snakes: hiss sparrows: chatter, chirp, twitter swallows: twitter swans: cry tigers: roar, groul, gaoll turkeys: gobble vultures(秃鹫): scream whales: blow wide goose(大雁): honk wolves: howl growl 英语动物拟声词及其翻译一、引言英语与汉语虽然属于两种不同的语言系统,但是都有着丰富的拟声词。英语拟声(onomatopoeia) 与汉语修辞格拟声完全相同,都是模拟事物自然声音的一种构词方法。各种动物的声音在经验世界中随处可闻,动物拟声词也就应运而生。动物拟声词在英语拟声词中占有很重要的份额,它比汉语动物拟声词还要丰富多样。汉语动物拟声词往往用简单和笼统的一个“叫”字来表述,而英语一般都用专门的拟声词来表达各种不同动物的叫声。正确地翻译动物拟声词,能够烘托气氛、显示意境、增强声势和实地情景感,使平淡的句子变得鲜活生动、富有情趣,创造出一种使人身临其境、如闻其声的氛围,达到传声达情和闻声解意的语用目的。二、英语动物拟声词的类型与翻译英语动物拟声词可以分为直接拟声( Primary Onomatopoeia) 和间接拟声( Secondary Onomatopoeia) 两种类型,在翻译中存在着较明显的区别。直接拟声指的是动物的声音与意义基本吻合,能够直接产生音义之间的相互联想。如听见[mu : ]的声音使人想到母牛的“哞哞”声。英语中许多表示动物鸣叫声的词是直接拟声,它与汉语的拟声词存在许多相同之处,在发音上十分接近。如猫叫声