| 单词 | stentorian |
| 释义 | stentorian (once / 6644 pages) adj The adjective stentorian describes a booming voice. If you're teaching a group of unruly kids, you'll need to practice a stentorian voice to be heard above the din. The adjective stentorian comes from Greek mythology. Stentor was a herald in the Trojan War, mentioned in Homer's "Iliad." Homer wrote of brazen-voiced Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together. So anyone with a stentorian voice has a voice like the mythic Stentor. You can also use stentorian to describe a style of speaking that emphasizes boom and power. WORD FAMILYstentorian: stentorianly+/stentor: stentorian, stentors USAGE EXAMPLESZullo proceeded to play a short video called “Nine Points of Forgery,” in which an unnamed stentorian voice alleges various problems with Obama’s birth certificate. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) Doctorow novel — the playhouse allows a potentially stentorian piece to sing out with renewed fervor. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) The first things one notices about the choreographer and director Bill T Jones are his stentorian voice, his beauty and his razor-sharp intellect. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) adj (used of the voice) very loud or booming Syn booming full (of sound) having marked deepness and body |
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