单词 | sonorous |
释义 | sonorous —sonorously, adv. —sonorousness, n. /seuh nawr"euhs, -nohr"-, son"euhr euhs/, 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. [1605-15; < L sonorus noisy, sounding, equiv. to sonor-, s. of sonor sound (son(are) to SOUND1 + -or -OR1) + -us -OUS] Syn. 4. eloquent, florid, grandiose, orotund. |
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