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redolence

/red-l-uhnt/US // ˈrɛd l ənt //UK // (ˈrɛdəʊlənt) //

红葡萄酒,红润,红叶,红颜祸水

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
    • : odorous or smelling: redolent of garlic.
    • : suggestive; reminiscent: verse redolent of Shakespeare.

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Examples

  • The parallels between 1948 and 2020 are not exact, but they are redolent enough to be intriguing and worth examining.

  • The mimosa-bushes, more powerful than our own May, yet reminded us of its redolence; but there were no singing-birds.

  • A little girl, with a fair, light form, was sporting on the sands in all the redolence of youth and health.

  • The air was wine and seltzer, perfumed, as they absorbed it, with the delicate redolence of prairie flowers.

  • In a week the lilac and sweet honeysuckle will fill the air with grateful redolence.

  • To see the sky again, to breathe air that was fresh, free from the redolence of the forest underlay, was all she desired.