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单词 diluvial
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Definition of diluvial in English:

diluvial

adjective dʌɪˈl(j)uːvɪəldɪˈl(j)uːvɪəldəˈluviəl
  • Relating to a flood or floods, especially the biblical Flood.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is that fishy loophole in the whole diluvial death wish.
    • After all, Bollywood musicals possess the same excessive sentiment and diluvial instrumentation as the modern American musical, but seldom does the former give way to maudlin or milquetoast outcomes.
    • These numbers defy uniformitarian mechanisms and are much more consistent with a diluvial mechanism.
    • Leading catastrophists such as them promoted the so-called diluvial theory, which accounted for many geological phenomena by the action of the biblical flood.
    • His vocals alone possess so much diluvial strength that the ocean of queer chants, orchestral washes, and electronic elements of the album are rendered unnecessary.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin diluvialis, from diluvium 'deluge', from diluere 'wash away'.

Rhymes

alluvial, fluvial, pluvial
 
 

Definition of diluvial in US English:

diluvial

adjectivedəˈlo͞ovēəldəˈluviəl
  • Relating to a flood or floods, especially the biblical Flood.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These numbers defy uniformitarian mechanisms and are much more consistent with a diluvial mechanism.
    • After all, Bollywood musicals possess the same excessive sentiment and diluvial instrumentation as the modern American musical, but seldom does the former give way to maudlin or milquetoast outcomes.
    • There is that fishy loophole in the whole diluvial death wish.
    • Leading catastrophists such as them promoted the so-called diluvial theory, which accounted for many geological phenomena by the action of the biblical flood.
    • His vocals alone possess so much diluvial strength that the ocean of queer chants, orchestral washes, and electronic elements of the album are rendered unnecessary.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin diluvialis, from diluvium ‘deluge’, from diluere ‘wash away’.

 
 
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