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If a sound is audible, it is loud enough for you to hear. It does not have to be a big, noisy sound. A whisper can be audible in a quiet room; a shout may not be audible if a train is passing.
If a sound is audible如果一個聲音是audible聽得見的,it is loud enough for you to hear就表示它大聲到你聽得到。It它 does not have to be並不需要是 a big, noisy sound一個很大、很吵的聲音。in a quiet room在安靜的房間裡,A whisper一句耳語 can be audible可能聽得見;if a train is passing如果有火車正經過,a shout一聲大喊 may not be audible卻可能聽不見。
The word is about reaching the ear, not about being nice to hear, and not about being “loud” in the everyday sense. English often says barely audible for a voice, a cry, or a phone buzz that you can only just catch. You will hear it in stories and in careful speech: an audible , an audible sigh, a voice audible at the back of the room.
The word這個詞 is about reaching the ear講的是聲音有沒有傳到耳朵裡,not about being nice to hear不是指好不好聽,and not about being "loud" in the everyday sense也不是日常說的那種「大聲」。English英文 often says barely audible常說barely audible幾乎聽不見 for a voice, a cry, or a phone buzz用來形容一個聲音、一聲哭喊,或手機的震動聲,that you can only just catch那種你只能勉強聽到的。You will hear it你會 in stories and in careful speech在故事和講究用字的話語裡聽到這個詞:an audible gasp聽得見的倒抽一口氣,an audible sigh聽得見的嘆氣,a voice audible at the back of the room在房間最後方都聽得見的聲音。
In casual talk, people often skip the word and just say they can or cannot hear it.
In casual talk在輕鬆的口語裡,people often skip the word人們常常不用這個詞,and just say而是直接說 they can or cannot hear it他們聽得到或聽不到。
Though actually, some students first meet Audible as a company name for spoken books; that brand borrowed the word because you listen. American football also stretches it: a quarterback “calls an audible” when he changes the plan out loud at the last moment so teammates can hear. Those uses grew from the same hearing idea, but the home meaning is still “loud enough to hear.”
Though actually不過實際上,some students first meet Audible有些學生最先認識的Audible as a company name for spoken books是一個有聲書公司的名字;that brand borrowed the word那個品牌借用了這個詞 because you listen因為你是用「聽」的。American football美式足球 also stretches it也把這個詞的用法延伸了:a quarterback "calls an audible"四分衛「calls an audible臨場喊出新戰術」,when he changes the plan out loud at the last moment是在最後一刻大聲改變戰術,so teammates can hear好讓隊友聽得到。Those uses這些用法 grew from the same hearing idea都是從「聽得到」這個核心概念延伸出來的,but the home meaning is still但最根本的意思仍然是 "loud enough to hear"「大聲到聽得見」。
組成Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audīre (“to hear”).
同家族的字
- audibilitythe noun — how hearable a sound is
- audiblythe adverb, audible + -ly
- audiosame Latin hear-root; sound you listen to
- audiencethe people who hear a talk or a show, from the same Latin audīre
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
audibleadj/ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/
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Able to be heard.
- "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]
audibleverb/ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/
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American-footballball-gamesfootballTo change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
audiblenoun/ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/
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American-footballball-gamesfootballThe act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The audible changed the play to a run.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。