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reverberate

verb
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reverberate
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪt/
he / she / it reverberates
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪts/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪts/
past simple reverberated
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪd/
past participle reverberated
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪd/
-ing form reverberating
🔊/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (of a sound声音) to be repeated several times as it is reflected off different surfaces回响；回荡 synonym echo
    • Her voice reverberated around the hall.她的声音在大厅里回荡。🔊🔊
    • The crash reverberated through the house.坠机声在房屋中回荡。
  2. [intransitive] reverberate (with/to something) (of a place地方) to seem to shake because of a loud noise（由于强大的噪音）震颤，摇晃
    • The hall reverberated with the sound of music and dancing.音乐和舞蹈的声音使得整个大厅似乎都在震颤。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] (formal) to have a strong effect on people for a long time or over a large area有长久深刻的影响；产生广泛影响
    • Repercussions of the case continue to reverberate through the financial world.这件事持续影响着整个金融界。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘drive or beat back’): from Latin reverberat- ‘struck again’, from the verb reverberare, from re- ‘back’ + verberare ‘to lash’ (from verbera (plural) ‘scourge’).