请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 ventriloque
释义

ventriloquen.adj.

Etymology: Anglicized form of ventriloquus n.: compare French ventriloque.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈventriloque.
rare.
A. n.
A ventriloquist.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > ventriloquist
ventriloquist1656
ventriloquea1680
gastriloquist1785
polyphonist1836
vent1893
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 63 This Pythoness being a Ventriloque, that is, speaking as it were from the bottom of her Belly.
B. adj.
Ventriloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen > uttered as if from the abdomen
ventriloquous1768
ventriloque1826
ventriloquial1836
ventriloquistic1853
ventriloqual1864
1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster iii, in Whims & Oddities 122 And oft, indeed, the inward of that gate, Most ventriloque, doth utter tender squeak.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 313 The voice of the birds..is also made up partly of echo-notes, in all cases where it is ventriloque, or varies in apparent place.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.adj.a1680
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/11 21:23:32