单词 | resounding |
释义 | resoundingn. The action of resound v.1; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > reverberation or echo > action or fact of reverberating resounding?c1400 reverberation1569 retorting1652 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. xii. 3036 He wente hym to þe houses of helle, and þere he tempred hys blaundissyng songes by resounyng [L. sonantibus] of hys strenges. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton a vj b Whan the husbond herde the noyse and resownyng of the stone within the water [etc.]. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 188 The Ecco is also a great enimy to them, that with her resounding, doth shake and feare them. 1587 A. Fraunce tr. T. Watson Lament. Amyntas i. sig. A2 Owles baleful scrikings, and crowes vnlucky resoundings. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. E7 Vpon the resounding of the Eccho there seemed three to sound together. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §817 The Resounding of the Sea vpon the Shoare, And the Murmur of Winds in the Woods, without apparent Wind; shew Wind to follow. 1717 C. Gildon tr. Heliodorus Adventures Theagenes & Chariclia II. x. 224 Their Exclamations..were turned now into joyful Resoundings of Blessing and Praise. 1797 ‘A. Pasquin’ Pin-basket to Children of Thespis 131 The resounding of the brass throws always some confusion in the sound it reverberates. 1826 Lancet 9 Dec. 313/2 The same may be said of the 3d and 4th subdivisions of the resounding of the voice. 1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô xi. 268 I hear your voice in the resounding of the cymbals. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways vi. iii. 483 His arrival had been unnoticed amid the tremendous resounding of the duet. 1977 Perspectives New Music 16 125 Music..is the resounding of the spirit, the documentation of creative fantasy. 1999 J. R. Malkin Memory-theater & Postmodern Drama iii. 110 Soon his words were echoed by a woman following him, adding to the vocal resoundings and repetitions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). resoundingadj. 1. That resounds or re-echoes; sonorous, resonant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] loudc897 shillOE brightOE shillinga1225 soundingc1374 ringingc1400 sonore?c1400 resoundingc1425 sonousc1429 resoundable?c1500 soundish1530 high-sounding1560 singing1565 resonant1572 trolling1581 rumbelow1582 sonorous1611 canorous1646 remugient1660 retentive1728 fullish1770 pealing1794 resonating1845 plangent1858 resonatory1880 timbrous1929 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 49 (MED) Orpheus, Whos dites wern so mellodyus That the werbles of his resownyng harpe Appese dyde the bitter wyrdys..of parchas and furies infernal. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) iii. met. xii. l. 7 He wente hym to the howses of helle, and there he temprede hise blaundyssynge soonges by resownynge [L. sonantibus] strenges and spak and soonge in wepynge. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 31 From the hard resounding rockes her sorowes do rebounde. 1596 R. Johnson Famous Hist. Seauen Champions viii. 78 His chiefe companion was the sweete resounding eccho. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xix They feare mightily that resounding noise, comming with a double stroke. 1637 J. Milton Comus 9 So maist thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heav'ns Harmonies. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 157 In the same Temple, the resounding Wood, All Vocal Beings hymn'd their equal God. 1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 5) 369 In the resounding language of the poet of Panopolis. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxv. 362 A perpendicular shaft..into which a resounding cataract discharged itself. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 542 A village that enjoyed the spacious and resounding name of Rumpochembo, from a celebrated chief. 1931 M. C. Kahn Djuka iv. 55 Then there is the quaqua, a flat board of resounding wood that is beaten with a hard paddle. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. d1 The pocket..fell diagonally, first hitting the floor stage left with a resounding bang. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 24 Aug. 48/1 Upon arrival, smiling hosts clad in raw silk welcome guests with a resounding ‘Sahwatdee’, or ‘hello’. 2. figurative. Esp. of victory or defeat: emphatic, total; unequivocal, unmistakable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > in meaning sure1493 univocal?1541 univoque?1541 inequivocal1779 unequivocal1785 rousing1836 resounding1873 unequivocable1921 graphic1937 full-frontal1971 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. x. 8 The resounding success which followed the New Heloïsa and Emilius put an end to this apprehension. 1895 E. A. Grosvenor Constantinople II. xv. 774 The Ottomans gained a resounding victory in the capture of Constantinople. 1911 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 10 Jan. 9/7 His resounding defeat of Bennet was laid..to George's vigorous campaigning methods. 1957 Observer 29 Sept. 13/1 It must first be said that Miss Storm has written a resounding, self-evident hit. 1977 Guardian Weekly 4 Sept. 16/1 The Federal Energy Administration..says that in the month ending in mid-August, American oil consumption was up a resounding 8 per cent over the same time last year. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing vi. 90 The 1975 festival took place while Phil was still inside. It was a resounding success. Derivatives reˈsoundingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb] brightOE shilla1250 shillya1400 sonorously1595 resoundingly1611 canorously1680 resonantly1685 sonoriferously1693 soundingly1697 twangingly1825 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Resonnamment, resoundingly, lowdly,..melodiously. 1830 R. Montgomery Satan i. 21 I hear thy swell of wrath In liquid thunder laughing at the winds Resoundingly. 1889 ‘G. Herring’ & ‘M. Ross’ Irish Cousin iii. i She also began by kissing it resoundingly. 1940 A. G. Day Coronado's Quest ix. 174 The speaker..thumped poor Alarcón resoundingly on the chest. 2005 Nation (N.Y.) 15 Aug. 41/1 The judge returned a decision resoundingly in the government's favor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1400adj.c1425 |
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