单词 | ventriloquous |
释义 | ventriloquousadj. 1. Of persons: = ventriloquistic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > speaking or appearing to speak from the abdomen ventriloquous1713 gastriloquous1731 ventriloquistic1830 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. vii. 150 In the same Tract,..is this Observation of Ventriloquous Persons. 1737 J. Byrom Jrnl. Apr. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1857) II. i. 116 (transcript from orig. shorthand) There came the ventriloquous fellow, who imitated a friend's voice out of his mouth. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Ventriloquous, speaking as though the sound proceeded from the belly. [Also in later dictionaries.] 2. Produced by or as by ventriloquy; 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 1768 G. White Let. 18 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 47 In breeding-time snipes play over the moors, piping and humming... Is not their hum ventriloquous like that of the turkey? 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 738 The harsh ventriloquous cry of the corn~craik amongst the grass. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes (1898) 200 The dismal ventriloquous note of the rain-crow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1713 |
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