megaphone

英 [ˈmeɡ.ə.fəʊn]      美 [ˈmeɡ.ə.foʊn]
  • n. 扩音器,喇叭筒
  • vt. 用扩音器对…讲话
  • vi. 用扩音器传达
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1、mega- + phon- + -e.
megaphone 扩音器

megalo-,巨大的,-phone,声音,词源同phone,fame.用于指扩音器。

megaphone (n.)
1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Greek megas "great" (see mega-) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Megaphonic. In Greek, megalophonia meant "grandiloquence," megalophonos "loud-voiced."
1. A megaphone boomed out, "This is the police."
扩音器响了起来:“我们是警察。”
2. Making monetary policy by megaphone never leads to good results.
夸夸其谈的货币政策决不会取得效果.
3. He hawks with a megaphone, saving a lot of effort.
他用喇叭筒叫卖, 省劲多了!
4. Somewhere a voice is loud a megaphone.
远处什么地方的扩音器里传来响亮的声音.
5. He often speaks in public with a megaphone.
他常用扩音器当着大众演说.