单词 | splendid |
释义 | splen·did 1. a. < a very long, narrow chamber — splendid with chandeliers, Oriental rugs, and gilt furniture — Christopher Rand > < the decoration of the public stage, so far from being merely passable, was strikingly splendid — Leslie Hotson > b. c. < his creed is set forth … in scores of phrases of splendid and empty sonorousness — S.H.Adams > 2. a. < a great man, a splendid figure in history — H.E.Scudder > b. < the splendid cement road — Adria Langley > < prompted by motives which are so splendid — Norman Angell > < the slavery issue offers a splendid illustration of this feature — C.A.M.Ewing > c. < a miracle of splendid ugliness — Arnold Bennett > < its often splendid lack of intelligibility — C.W.Mills > < splendid isolation > Synonyms: < a splendid dish of ice cream — Walt Whitman > < a splendid hiker > < a young ROTC student resplendent in Air Force blue — Land Kaderli > < a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest > < get yourself a gorgeous tan — Read Magazine > < the deserted boat deck to be a gorgeous place to kiss — I.V.Morris > < the glorious opportunity of intoxicating themselves at the public expense — J.G.Frazer > < glorious onion soup — Ernest Beaglehole > < sublime vacation areas — Laurence Lowry > < a sublime cocktail > < superb hunting and scenic attractions — Tom Marvel > < a superb toy > but can be distinguished in more strict use. splendid can apply to what outshines the usual in brilliancy, magnificence, or the like < the courthouse with its portico and spire loomed splendid in the distance — Elinor Wylie > < draw the whole opera together in this one splendid moment — Robert Craft > resplendent can apply to what seems to glow or blaze in beauty or splendor < the stars of early evening were resplendent — Erle Stanley Gardner > < a resplendent butterfly — George Meredith > < she had shown how great and resplendent a thing love could be — J.W.Krutch > gorgeous can stress a splendor of color or display, sometimes implying a showiness or undue but colorful elaborateness < this gorgeous combination of all the hues of Paradise — Henry Adams > < a flair for the exotic and the gorgeous — F.O.Matthiessen > < a mass of gorgeous upholstery and a labyrinth of luxurious architecture — G.K.Chesterton > glorious can suggest a radiant beauty or similar extraordinarily admirable quality < all the glorious colors of this beautiful range, deep blue and purple in the shadows of the peaks, green and brown where grass and rock mingled — Bram Stoker > < a glorious display of fireworks > sublime can imply an elevation or exaltation in contemplation or an impossibility of fully grasping a thing's beauty, power, extent, nobility, or the like < the sublime mountain scenery of the West Highlands — O.S.Nock > < the sublime but also terrible and sombre experiences and emotions of the battlefield — Sir Winston Churchill > < had been born into that world of stylized drama, of vanity, vulgar pomp and sublime grace — Time > superb can apply to what has reached or is at a peak of development, competence, grandeur, or magnificence < superb political insight — A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 > < superb horsemanship > < a superb physique > < superb cunning > < a superb sunset > |
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