单词 | dulcet-chinking |
释义 | > as lemmasdulcet-chinking General use in various types of compound, as in dulcet-chinking, dulcet-eyed, dulcet-voiced etc., adjs. ΚΠ a1784 S. Johnson Parody Transl. Medea in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 65 With dulcet-streaming sound. 1820 J. Keats Fancy in Lamia & Other Poems 126 Dulcet-eyed as Ceres' daughter. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 23 Five dulcet-chinking pennies. 1938 Amer. Mercury 45 125 Restore his morale and inflate his ego, and he will never listen to the dulcet-voiced siren nor look at a silken-clad calf—that is, almost never. 2014 J. Costello Time of our Lives 136 If I spoke at that volume, I'd sound about as dulcet-toned as Dot Cotton mid-meltdown. < as lemmas |
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