| 单词 | stentor |
| 释义 | stentor (once / 6552 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY stentor: stentorian, stentors+/stentorian: stentorianly USAGE EXAMPLES"Hurrah!" cried Croustillac, in the voice of a stentor, and he accompanied this Muscovite exclamation by throwing into the air his old fur cap. Sue, Eugène, A Romance of the West Indies(2010) “Well, my lad, what’s your business?” he inquired in the voice of a stentor, and with the beaming smile of an elderly cherub. Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), Fighting the Flames(2010) The first intimation that Skipper Martin had of the change was John Binning bursting into a hymn with the voice of a stentor. Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), The Lively Poll—A Tale of the North...(2010) 1 n any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor 2Hyper ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell n a speaker with an unusually loud voice Hyper speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) Stentor (once / 187609 pages) n WORD FAMILY Stentor: Stentors USAGE EXAMPLESBeating cilia propel Stentor as it twists and turns in search of food in freshwater streams and lakes. New York Times(Jan 23, 2014) She is looking at a trumpet-shaped protozoan, Stentor, as it lurches to a halt on the slide. Scientific American(Oct 20, 2013) Stentor, stent′or, n. a very loud-voiced herald in the Iliad, hence any person with a remarkably loud voice: the ursine howler.—adj. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) n the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes Exp mythical being an imaginary being of myth or fable |
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