evocative
evocative 英 [ɪˈvɒkətɪv] 美 [ɪˈvɑkətɪv]
adj. 唤起的；唤出的
- Use the adjective evocative when you want to describe something that reminds you of something else. If your mom baked a lot when you were a kid, the smell of cookies in the oven is probably evocative of your childhood.
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- adj. 唤起的；唤出的
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1. The real language of film — and the evocative language of any discipline — has an emotional component.
电影语言——包括任何学科的鼓动性语言——都有情感的成分在其中。
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2. Hall after hall of stands are piled high with board game boxes, most eschewing the garish graphics of the toy shop for evocative paintings of lands far off and times long ago.
一个接一个大厅的台子上堆满了桌游盒，大多数样式设计特意避免了玩具店里浮夸的图案，而是选择唤起对遥远土地和逝去年代的回忆。
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3. The history of the period is mainly a collection of such emblems and symbols, evocative but ephemeral.
这一时期的历史，基本上便是这种标志和符号的集合，富有煽动性，却又短命。
- evocative (adj.) 1650s, "tending to call forth," from Late Latin evocativus "pertaining to summoning," from Latin evocatus, past participle of evocare "call out; rouse, summon" (see evocation).
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