stentorian
stentorian 英 [stenˈtɔ:riən] 美 [stɛnˈtɔriən, -ˈtor-]
adj. 声音洪亮的
名词复数:stentorians
- The adjective stentorian describes a booming voice. If you're teaching a group of unruly kids, you'll need to practice a stentorian voice to be heard above the din.
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- adj. 声音洪亮的
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1. stentorian snores came from the shadows-Chen Yueh-ngo's elder brother, a stevedore.
昏暗中有鼾声如雷，那是陈月娥的当码头工人的哥哥。
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2. She is not clear, in the stentorian child in the home, arrived how did nursery school become small sheep?
她不明白，在家里声音洪亮的孩子，到了幼儿园怎么就成了小绵羊？
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3. Speak softly; you don't need a stentorian voice to be heard in this small room.
说话小声点；在这个小房间里你要让人听见不需要这么大声。
- stentorian (adj.) "of powerful voice," c. 1600, from Stentor, legendary Greek herald in the Trojan War, whose voice (described in the "Iliad") was as loud as 50 men. His name is from Greek stenein "groan, moan," from PIE imitative root *(s)ten-, source of Old English þunor "thunder."
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