mellifluous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /məˈlɪflu.əs/|/mɛˈlɪflu.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Flowing like honey.
    — Though in heaven the trees / Of life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines / Yield nectar; though from off the boughs each morn / VVe brush mellifluous devvs, and find the ground / Cover'd vvith pearly grain[…]
  2. Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style). figuratively
    — […] Socrates […] VVisest of men; from vvhose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that vvater'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and nevv […]

词形变化

more mellifluous comparative most mellifluous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
mellifluously mellifluousness unmellifluous
相关词
melliloquent superfluous

词源

From Middle English mellifluous, mellyfluous, from Latin mellifluus (“flowing like honey”) + -ous, from mel (“honey”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare superfluous and fluid, from same root, and with dulcet (“sweet speech”), alternative Latinate term with a similar meaning.
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