Sonorous

(a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

(a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

(a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.

(a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

(a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.

整理:罗德尼

• One of Lydgate's gifts was a voice habitually deep and sonorous, yet capable of becoming very low and gentle at the right moment. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The magnificent melody of the Prayer in Rossini's Moses, sung in a sonorous bass voice, rose grandly through the suburban silence of the place. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• All eyes were fixed upon him as he stood--ponderous of frame, sonorous of voice, and with a manner which, though not graceful, was impressive. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Not here,' repeated Mrs Wilfer, in a stern sonorous voice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The glass may be omitted save in cases where it is an object to have the metal sonorous. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The sonorous tongue of Hellas invests the most commonplace poems with a dignity and a charm which they would lose if translated. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

录入:玛莎