a harsh discordant mixture of sounds 刺耳的杂声 a cacophony of deafening alarm bells. 震耳欲聋的刺耳警报声。 a cacophony of architectural styles. 杂乱的建筑风格。 [mass noun]songs of unrelieved cacophony. 单调刺耳的歌声。
派生 cacophonous adjective 语源
mid 17th cent.: from French cacophonie, from Greek kakophōnia, from kakophōnos 'ill-sounding', from kakos 'bad' + phōnē 'sound'