noise: [13] Unlikely as it may seem, the ancestor of English noise meant ‘sickness’. It comes from Latin nausea, source also, of course, of English nausea. This was used colloquially for the sort of ‘hubbub’ or ‘confusion’ which is often coincident with someone being sick (and particularly seasick, which was what nausea originally implied), and Old French took it over, as noise, with roughly these senses. They later developed to ‘noisy dispute’, and modern French noise has retained the ‘dispute’ element of this, while English noise has gone for the ‘intrusive sound’. => nausea, nautical, navy
noise (n.)
early 13c., "loud outcry, clamor, shouting," from Old French noise "din, disturbance, uproar, brawl" (11c., in modern French only in phrase chercher noise "to pick a quarrel"), also "rumor, report, news," apparently from Latin nausea "disgust, annoyance, discomfort," literally "seasickness" (see nausea).
Another theory traces the Old French word to Latin noxia "hurting, injury, damage." OED considers that "the sense of the word is against both suggestions," but nausea could have developed a sense in Vulgar Latin of "unpleasant situation, noise, quarrel" (compare Old Provençal nauza "noise, quarrel"). Meaning "loud or unpleasant sound" is from c. 1300. Replaced native gedyn (see din).
noise (v.)
late 14c., "to praise; to talk loudly about," from noise (n.). Related: Noised; noising.
双语例句
1. Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.
拥挤的人群和喧闹的噪音可能会让游客有些茫然不知所措。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Flying at 1,000 ft. he heard a peculiar noise from the rotors.
在1,000英尺的高度飞行时，他听到旋翼发出一种奇怪的噪音。
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3. With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.
伴随着隆隆的低沉噪声，螺旋桨开始旋转起来。
来自柯林斯例句
4. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.
卧室门上发出一声沉重的撞击声。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation.
