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单词 veritable
释义 ver·i·ta·ble
\ˈverəd.əbəl, -rətə-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French veritable, from verité verity + -able
: being actually that which is named : possessing the characteristics applied : not false, unreal, imaginary, or metaphorical
 < shots taken in a veritable bull ring — John McCarten >
 < the only guts that are mentioned … are the veritable entrails of a fish — Mark Schorer >
 < spiritual heights which may be just as veritable as the streets and gutters — H.O.Taylor >
— often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor
 < whose conversation was a veritable memo pad of given names, connections, ties, appointments — Mary McCarthy >
 < a veritable mountain of newspaper material — T.D.Clark >
Synonyms: see authentic
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