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honeyed

/huhn-eed/US // ˈhʌn id //UK // (ˈhʌnɪd) //

蜜汁的,蜜糖的,蜜糖,蜜汁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
    • : flattering or ingratiating: honeyed words.
    • : pleasantly soft; dulcet or mellifluous: honeyed tones.

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Examples

  • A pro-level dynamic microphone bringing honeyed public radio tone home.

  • The result is a sugary aftertaste, as the seven members of Cherry Bullet deliver their lines in honeyed tones.

  • Take, for instance, the honeyed words of Jim Bunning (R-KY).

  • With honeyed words, and well-timed flattery she detached State after State from the Union.

  • On a knoll the air is honeyed with wild crab-apple; along a slope the senses tingle with the scent of the green walnut.

  • With the Philanthus, the provision of honeyed flowers, though favourably received, is not indispensable.

  • Had he been less blunt or coercive, had he employed a more honeyed appeal, she would not have felt so moved in his behalf.

  • There is nothing about "Cupid's arrow," or "Dian's wit;" no honeyed word escapes his lips,—nor again does any accent of despair.