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mellifluous

/muh-lif-loo-uhs/US // məˈlɪf lu əs //UK // (mɪˈlɪflʊəs) //

悠扬的声音,悠扬,悠扬的,清脆悦耳

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
    • : flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.

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Examples

  • In or out of uniform his motion is languid, his voice relaxed and mellifluous, his movements deliberate, confident.

  • And Costas is, after all, a guy who is famous for his mellifluous commentary on balls and strikes, touchdowns and field goals.

  • By the time she had taken in so much as this the mellifluous young man had perceived and addressed himself to her brother.

  • And the banks of those rivers resounded with the mellifluous strains of the male Kokilas and the notes of peacocks and cranes.

  • One is not surprised at their being addressed by such mellifluous epithets as Cushla machree, asthore, mavourneen!

  • No, no; change churlish dreams and braving trumpets to mellifluous flutes.

  • Though she had spoken quite sharply at the telephone, her voice was mellifluous when she attuned it to Gabriella.