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单词 evocative
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evocative

adjective
/ɪˈvɒkətɪv/
/ɪˈvɑːkətɪv/
(approving)
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  1. making you think of or remember a strong image or feeling, in a pleasant way
    • evocative smells/sounds/music
    • evocative of something Her new book is wonderfully evocative of village life.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEvocative is used with these nouns:
    • imagery
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin evocativus, from evocat- ‘called forth’, from the verb evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.
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