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sonorous

/suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs/US // səˈnɔr əs, -ˈnoʊr-, ˈsɒn ər əs //UK // (səˈnɔːrəs, ˈsɒnərəs) //

铿锵有力,铿锵有力的,铿锵,铿锵的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
    • : loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
    • : rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
    • : high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech.

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Examples

  • There was Radim Palouš, the sonorous philosophical godfather of Kampademia.

  • At the end, the sonorous Welles concludes with a little talk about Halloween.

  • Franklin Roosevelt's addresses in 1933 and 1937 remain alive, as does the sonorous rhetoric of John F. Kennedy's address in 1961.

  • The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.

  • In my youth, you heard, side-by-side, the church bells ringing and the beautiful, sonorous call to prayer of the muezzin.

  • Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

  • Pausing at the threshold before opening the door, the sonorous mumble sounding through the deal panels misled me.

  • Jerry hit the instrument as he spoke and drowned his own voice in its sonorous roar.

  • Over me, away off, as if from the heavens, I heard a sonorous rumble of mystery words.

  • I should think 'twould make a splendid subject—you could use such sonorous, resounding words.