stentorian
pronunciation
UK [stenˈtɔ:riən]
US [stɛnˈtɔriən, -ˈtor-]
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- adj.
- 洪亮的，响亮的
Word Origin
stentorian 洪亮的，大声的
来自 Stentor,传说中特洛伊战争中的传令官，其声音比得上 50 个人一起大吼，来自希腊语 stenein,吼叫，大吼，来自 PIE*sten,吼叫声，雷声，词源同 thunder,astonish.引申词义洪亮的， 大声的。
Example
- 1. His voice is so stentorian and penetrating and his style of performance is so contagious .
- 他的声音洪亮又具有穿透力.他的表演风格极富感染力.
- 2. Speak softly ; you don 't need a stentorian voice to be heard in this small room .
- 说话轻柔点；在这小房间里你不需要这么大声被人听见。
- 3. But then we were drawn back to a year ago , watching mubarak address his nation , appealing in stentorian tones to his " sons and daughters " of egypt .
- 但之后我们回到了一年前，看着穆巴拉克向他的国民致辞，用洪亮的声音吸引着他埃及的“儿子和女儿们”。
- 4. Raised above the street but still towered over by surrounding buildings , the elevated acre at 55 water street is an unexpected island of tranquility in new york 's stentorian sea .
- 如果说纽约是一个瞬息万变的大海，那么沃特街55号的阿克里高架无疑是其中一座令人意外的宁静岛屿。
- 5. He sought it desperately , for ages , and was still searching when the manager of the hotel entered , the fat dutchman . His face blazed with wrath , and he shouted in stentorian tones that echoed down the universe , " I shall deduct the cost of those cuffs from your wages ! "
- 他拼命地找呀找呀，找了不知多少年，正在找时那荷兰胜经理送来了，脸上气得发出白炽的光，大喊大叫，叫得惊天动地。“我要从你们的工资里扣掉袖口钱！”
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