mellifluous
mellifluous 英 [meˈlɪfluəs] 美 [məˈlɪfluəs]
adj. 流畅的；如蜜般的
- Use the adjective mellifluous to describe something that sounds sweet and smooth, like the honeyed voice of a late-night radio DJ.
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- adj. 流畅的；如蜜般的
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1. Also not among the new drugs approved was A5G27, or whatever more mellifluous name a drug company might give it.
批准的新药中也没有A5G27，或是医药公司可能为它起得任何悦耳的名字。
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2. What made Dr Hawking's revelation so jarring to the religious establishment, and so mellifluous to its ideological opponents, was that until now he was regarded as an ally of faith.
霍金博士的新发现对宗教体制的震撼如此之大，但却又让这群他意识形态上的反对者如此甘之如饴，是因为直到现在他依然被认作是宗教的同盟。
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3. In this overheated context, playing mellifluous, unthreatening versions of soul and jazz could surprise, maybe even shock.
在这个过分火爆的大背景下，演奏恬静的、非侵略性的灵魂乐和爵士乐是可以令人诧异甚至震惊的。
- mellifluous (adj.) early 15c., "sweet, pleasing" (of an odor, a style of speaking or writing, etc.), from Late Latin mellifluus "flowing with (or as if with) honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis) "honey" (related to Greek meli "honey;" from PIE root *melit- "honey") + -fluus "flowing," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). Related: Melifluously; melifluousness.
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