单词 | ventriloquistic |
释义 | ventriloquisticadj. 1. Using or practising ventriloquism.In first quot. used to translate Greek ἐγγλωττογάστωρ, which has also been rendered by ‘ventrilinguist’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen ventriloquous1713 gastriloquous1731 ventriloquistic1830 1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Birds in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1651 At Phanæ..live a villanous ventriloquistic race,..and from these same ventriloquistic Philippi in Attica the tongue is severed in twain. 1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 79 Hence the Seventy scruple not to express their sense of the hebrew Baalath Ob, by rendering it a Ventriloquistic Woman. 2. Of or pertaining to ventriloquism or ventriloquists; ventriloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen > uttered as if from the abdomen ventriloquous1768 ventriloque1826 ventriloquial1836 ventriloquistic1853 ventriloqual1864 1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 182 This ventriloquistic power is certainly very remarkable. 1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 32 He even uttered a short ventriloquistic laugh without moving his mouth. 1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. 72 Its deep and ventriloquistic voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1830 |
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