单词 | stentorophonic |
释义 | stentorophonicadj.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube trunk1546 speaking-trumpet1671 stentorophonic tube1686 whispering-trumpet1688 stentorian trumpet1690 trumpet1696 voice pipe1839 voice tube1839 whispering-tube1857 speaking-tube1889 megaphone1896 meg1937 loudhailer1941 bullhorn1955 1671 S. Morland (title) Tuba stentoro-phonica. 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 481 For if the Stentoro-phonecon..does such great feats, what might be done [etc.]. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 96 He has Loud Trumpets made as big, and like our Stentoro-Phonica, or speaking Trumpet.] 2. †Loud as a speaking-trumpet (obsolete); in later use (echoed from Hudibras ) = stentorian adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > loud or resonant loud971 highlyOE stithc1000 strongOE steepc1275 stiff1377 strengthfula1382 gross1398 stentorious15.. open-mouthed?1533 wildc1550 preclare?1553 strainable1569 trolling1581 main1582 wide-mouthed1589 full-mouthed1594 wide-mouth?c1599 stentorian1606 trump-like1609 stentorophonic1678 strenuous1680 open-mouth1702 stentorial1754 stentoronic1762 full-throated1820 trumpety1822 Stentor1837 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 16 I heard a Formidable Noise Loud as the Stentrophonick Voice. That Roar'd far off; Dispatch and Strip. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 13 June 2/2 I heard..a loud Stentorophonic bawl, which presently was rais'd to an high scream. 1704 T. D'Urfey Hell beyond Hell 72 Bawling with stentrophonick might. 1782 V. Knox Ess. II. No. 164 ⁋13. 324 A stentorophonic voice is the fundamental excellence of your Fine Man. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian xii. 160 Little John read aloud with a stentorophonic voice. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. i. 834 The whirr of the ventilating fans, the stentorophonic orchestra, the red-faced raucous atom on the stage combined to irritate him beyond farther endurance. Derivatives stentoroˈphonical adj. (in the same sense.) ΚΠ 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 36 Sir Nic. After dinner we..will survey my Microscopes,..Stentrophonical Tubes, and the like. † †stentoroˈphonically adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb] loud971 bremeOE strongly1340 sternly?a1400 lustilyc1400 great1534 vociferously1637 stentorophonically1693 thunderously1842 full blast1936 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxi. 175 A fair White Cock..crowed Stentoriphonically loud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1676 |
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