| 单词 | stentor |
| 释义 | Stentor in British English (ˈstɛntɔː) noun Greek mythology a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods stentor in British English (ˈstɛntɔː) noun 1. a person with an unusually loud voice 2. any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates) Word origin C19: after StentorStentor in American English (ˈstɛnˌtɔr) noun 1. Greek Mythology a Greek herald in the Trojan War, described in the Iliad as having the voice of fifty men 2. [usually s-] a person having a very loud voice 3. [s-] any of a genus (Stentor) of large, trumpet-shaped, ciliated protozoans, found in stagnant fresh waters Word origin L < Gr Stentōr, akin to stenein, to rumble, roar < IE base *(s)ten- > L tonare, to thunderExamples of 'Stentor' in a sentence |
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