stentorian

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.
    — Shouts of laughter were elicited, smart biddings drawn out, from the whispers of a timid miss, to the stentorian voice of a fox-hunting squire, and not a few fracas from parties either contending for a supposed prize, or disclaiming their chance for it,...
  2. Stern, authoritarian; demanding of respect. broadly

词形变化

more stentorian comparative most stentorian superlative Stentorian alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
stentorianly stentorianness unstentorian

词源

From Stentor + -ian, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr). Stentor was the herald of the Greek forces in the Iliad, noted for his loud voice.
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