stentorian
英 [sten'tɔːrɪən]
美[stɛn'tɔrɪən]
- adj. 声音洪亮的
中文词源
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。
英英释意
- 1. used of the voice
英文词源
- stentorian
- stentorian: [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian, based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios, commemorates his carrying tones.
- stentorian (adj.)
- "of powerful voice," c. 1600, from Stentor, legendary Greek herald in the Trojan War, whose voice (described in the "Iliad") was as loud as 50 men. His name is from Greek stenein "groan, moan," from PIE imitative root *(s)ten-, source of Old English þunor "thunder."
实用场景例句
- He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
- 他用洪亮的声音大声喊叫。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The stentorian tones of auctioneer, calling out to clear , now announced that the sale to commence.
- 拍卖人用洪亮的声音招呼大家闪开一点, 然后宣布拍卖即将开始.
期刊摘选
- Now all joined in solemn stentorian accord.
- 现在,在这庄严的,响彻云霄的和声中大家都联合在一起了.
期刊摘选
- He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
- 他用洪亮的声音大声喊叫。
柯林斯例句