| 释义 |
[ suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs ] / səˈnɔr əs, -ˈnoʊr-, ˈsɒn ər əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sonorous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound. rich and full in sound, as language or verse. high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech. Origin of sonorous1605–15; <Latin sonōrus noisy, sounding, equivalent to sonōr-, stem of sonor sound (son(āre) to sound1 + -or-or1) + -us-ous SYNONYMS FOR sonorous4 eloquent, florid, grandiose, orotund. SEE SYNONYMS FOR sonorous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM sonorousso·no·rous·ly, adverbso·no·rous·ness, nounmul·ti·so·no·rous, adjectivemul·ti·so·no·rous·ly, adverb mul·ti·so·no·rous·ness, nounun·so·no·rous, adjectiveun·so·no·rous·ly, adverbun·so·no·rous·ness, noun Words nearby sonorousSonoma, sonometer, Sonora, sonorant, sonority, sonorous, sonorous rale, Sons and Lovers, sonship, Sons of Freedom, Sons of Liberty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sonorousThere was Radim Palouš, the sonorous philosophical godfather of Kampademia. How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the end, the sonorous Welles concludes with a little talk about Halloween. When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It|Marc Wortman|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Franklin Roosevelt's addresses in 1933 and 1937 remain alive, as does the sonorous rhetoric of John F. Kennedy's address in 1961. Why Inaugural Speeches Fail|David Frum|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed. Reading Nabokov to Nabokov|Lila Azam Zanganeh|February 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In my youth, you heard, side-by-side, the church bells ringing and the beautiful, sonorous call to prayer of the muezzin. Wole Soyinka's British Problem|Tunku Varadarajan|January 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST In a sweet and sonorous voice she made her speech, and told her story. The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith The tone of a good kettledrum is sonorous, rich, and of great power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7|Various The sound was not echoed, but the dome gave it a deep, sonorous quality that was really impressive. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon|Wyn Roosevelt What did they know of the beam of light that shone on the sonorous lap of their statue Memnon? The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies Two Frenchmen, talking with sonorous voices, were just then passing them on the road. Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for sonorous/ (səˈnɔːrəs, ˈsɒnərəs) /
adjectiveproducing or capable of producing sound (of language, sound, etc) deep or resonant (esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent Derived forms of sonoroussonority (səˈnɒrɪtɪ), nounsonorously, adverbsonorousness, nounWord Origin for sonorousC17: from Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sonorousbooming, ringing, thundering, loud, powerful, rich, rotund, resounding, reverberating |