| 释义 |
pronounced, ppl. a.|prəʊˈnaʊnst|
[See -ed1.]
1. Spoken, uttered, articulated.
1577Fruites of Prayer H ij b, He that by the vse of pronounced prayer is caried into the inward consolation of the minde. 1901Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 2/1 Hymns..chaunted by the childish choir in ill-pronounced Latin.
2. fig. Clearly expressed, strongly marked; such as to be clearly, easily, or readily perceived or recognized; decided.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Pronouncing, Thus the painters, in speaking of a piece, say these or these parts are well pronounced. 1781J. Moore View Soc. It. (1790) II. xlvi. 14 The contour of the body being as distinctly pronounced through it [the light drapery] as if the figure were naked. 1818Colebrooke Import Colonial Corn 75 Emigration from Europe has not yet taken a pronounced direction towards Southern Africa. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. vii. 54 When regarded obliquely their colour is not so pronounced. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. vi. 217 Even in the little round church of St. Sepulchre's, Cambridge, of pure Norman or Romanesque, there is a pronounced triforium. 1879T. P. O'Connor Ld. Beaconsfield 67 Mr. Disraeli sought election at Marylebone as a Radical of the most pronounced type. |