词源

源自法語 ，源自古希臘語 (kakophōnía)，源自 (kakós, “坏的”) + (phōnḗ, “声音”)。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/kəˈkɒfəni/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/kəˈkɑfəni/

• （美国）音频：

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名词

(可數 和 不可數，複數)

1. 不协调的声音，杂音
   • 1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,

     Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.

   • 2021 6月 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, 出自 BBC Sport‎:

     A blistering start from the Scots served to steady the ship amid a cacophony that defied the quarter-full national stadium.

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