megaphone
/ˈmeɡəfəʊn/·메가폰·noun
扩音器、喇叭筒
GreekCEFR B2
词根
Greek 'megas' (great, large) + 'phone' (sound, voice)
Greek megas (large) + phone (sound) → coined by Thomas Edison (1878) as megaphone → standard English term
一句话
希腊语 megas (大) + phone (声)。1878年由爱迪生造词。 mega 家族在量度上展开"大" —— megaphone (大声)、megalith (大石)、megalomania (夸大妄想)、megabyte (百万字节)。 爱迪生把两片希腊语黏在一起造出的新词,如今握在抗议者和电影导演的手中。
例句
The director shouted instructions through a megaphone.
导演用扩音器喊出指令。
Protesters carried megaphones in the rally.
抗议者在集会上拿着扩音器。
A megaphone makes a thin voice carry far.
扩音器能让细微的声音传得很远。
同根词
megaphonicmegalithmegalomaniamegabytephone