高中英语一轮复习 高中英语词汇：常见英语词根之 听 -aud-.docx

高中英语词汇：常见英语词根之 "听": -aud-aud- ("Hear")-aud- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "hear.'' This meaning is found in such words as: audible, audience, audio, audit, audition, auditorium, inaudible."aud"Meaning: "Aud" means "hear" or "listen".Pronunciation: The basic sound of the vowels "au" is the same as "aw" in "saw" or "law".Example 1: The word "audio" refers to any sounds you can hear, for example, the sounds you can hear on a computer or on a mobile phone. So, when you are listening to some music on your computer, your friend might say, "Turn up the audio, I can't hear it clearly".Example 2: The "audience" is anyone who is listening to a concert or other live performance. "The audience started cheering when she walked onto the stage".Example 3: The adjective "audible" describes any sound that can be heard. A sound is considered "inaudible" if it cannot be heard by somebody. "The two lovers were whispering. Their voices were so low that their words were inaudible".Other useful words:auditory - the ability to hearauditorium - a place to go and listen to musican audition - a chance to have a movie director listen to your performance (maybe he will give you a part in his movie!)AUD 听Audience N. 听众，观众；觐见Audition N. 试镜 V. 试镜Auditorium N. 观众席，礼堂，音乐厅Auditory Adj. 听觉的扩展：Explore the Wordsaudioa transmitted signal you can hearWhen it comes to audio technology, we've come a long way from two tin cans and a piece of string.BBC (May 20, 2014)audiologythe measurement of hearingNational Hearing Care runs the largest private audiology practice in Australia with 70 clinics.Reuters (Sep 28, 2010)audiometeran instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearingUsing portable audiometer equipment, she found a difference between the ability to hear before and after the prayers.BBC (Mar 10, 2014)audire (to hear) + meter (suffix forming nouns about devices for measuring)An audiologist at an audiology clinic might measure your hearing with an audiometer.audiovisualinvolving both hearing and seeingThe texts and calls and tweets and Facebook posts and cable news ticker feeds piled up from there, morphing into that familiar buzzing audiovisual din.Salon (May 2, 2011)audibilityquality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the earThe constant audibility of life contrasts sharply with the silence of the afterlife.New York Times (Sep 20, 2011)audibleheard or perceptible by the earPeter heard his grandfather shuffle back along the hall to his bedroom, and then the low spark as the television caught, the volume turned down, an agitated news commentator barely audible.Paxinaudibleimpossible to hear; imperceptible by the earThe site converts normally inaudible bat calls into something humans can hear and provides information needed to help visitors identify species.BBC (Oct 3, 2012)audiencea gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance“Theres an audience to whom they do say things,” he said, his voice quickening.New York Times (May 25, 2014)auditattend academic courses without getting creditResidents can audit classes free, including courses on foods of the world, basic figure drawing and personal financial management.New York Times (Apr 4, 2014)If you audit a course, you sit in and listen, usually without actively participating.auditora qualified accountant who inspects accounting recordsAuditors found problems in several areas, including the overpayments to employees.Washington Post (Feb 26, 2014)auditoryof or relating to the process of hearingThose kept in the dark could hear softer sounds and there were changes in the structure of the auditory cortex in the brain.BBC (Feb 6, 2014)auditiveof or relating to the process of hearingAn audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive.Stravinsky, Igorauditiona test of the suitability of a performerLike “The Voice,” “Idol” thrives on the audition process and contestant backstories, so we expect that will be left intact.Forbes (May 22, 2014)auditoriumthe area of a theater or hall where the audience sitsFifty-two years later, the acoustically vibrant auditorium, with its 30-foot ceiling, is essentially unchanged from the day “Jazz Samba” was recorded.Washington Post