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单词 sonorous
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•no•rous /səˈnɔrəs, ˈsɑnərəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. echoing with a deep sound; resonant:a sonorous cavern.
  2. loud and deep-toned:a sonorous voice.
  3. high-flown;
    very grand or fancy in speaking or in sound:a sonorous speech.
so•nor•i•ty /səˈnɔrɪti, -ˈnɑr-/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -son-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•no•rous  (sə nôrəs, -nōr-, sonər əs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place:a sonorous cavern.
  2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
  3. rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
  4. high-flown;
    grandiloquent:a sonorous speech.
  • Latin sonōrus noisy, sounding, equivalent. to sonōr-, stem of sonor sound (son(āre) to sound1 + -or -or1) + -us -ous
  • 1605–15
so•norous•ly, adv. 
so•norous•ness, n. 
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged eloquent, florid, grandiose, orotund.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sonorous /səˈnɔːrəs; ˈsɒnərəs/ adj
  1. producing or capable of producing sound
  2. (of language, sound, etc) deep or resonant
  3. (esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise

sonority /səˈnɒrɪtɪ/ n soˈnorously adv soˈnorousness n
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