PTE备考词汇：cacophonous

cacophonous

UK:  [kə'kɒfənəs]

US:  [kə'kɒfənəs]

adj.

1.发音不和谐的,粗腔横调的

1 . When it reached mine, I heard cacophonous music like a calliope and felt as if Roman candles had been lighted inside my skull.
当它进入我体内，我听到像汽笛风琴一样嘈杂的声音，觉得爆竹在我颅内引燃。

2 . THE cacophonous capillaries of India's infrastructure may be about to get a lot more clogged.
印度那如毛细血管般庞杂破旧的交通基础设施即将经受更严重的拥堵。

3 . As expected, birds raised in soundproof boxes grew up to sing cacophonous songs.
正如他们所预期的，在隔音箱里长大的鸟鸣唱出来的是粗腔横调。

4 . [The Tsukiji fish market] is a sprawling, teeming, cacophonous corner of reclaimed land on the edge of Tokyo Bay.
位于东京湾边缘填海造地后建立的（筑地鱼市）是个杂乱、商品丰富、充满各种吆喝声的角落。

5 . Protests are like morning ablutions in India's cacophonous democracy: routine and purgative.
在印度众声喧哗的民主中，抗议就想上午洗濯：常规且具有净化作用。