stentorian: [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian, based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios, commemorates his carrying tones.
stentorian (adj.)
"of powerful voice," c. 1600, from Stentor, legendary Greek herald in the Trojan War, whose voice (described in the "Iliad") was as loud as 50 men. His name is from Greek stenein "groan, moan," from PIE imitative root *(s)ten-, source of Old English tunor "thunder."
雙語例句
1. He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
他用洪亮的聲音大聲喊叫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Stentorian snores came from the shadows - Chen Yueh - ngo's elder brother, a stevedore.
昏暗中有鼾聲如雷,那是陳月娥的當碼頭工人的哥哥.
來自子夜部分
3. Now all joined in solemn stentorian accord.
現(xiàn)在,在這莊嚴的,響徹云霄的和聲中大家都聯(lián)合在一起了.
來自互聯(lián)網
4. Speak softly; you don't need a stentorian voice to be heard in this small room.
說話輕柔點; 在這小房間里你不需要這么大聲被人聽見.
來自互聯(lián)網
5. The stentorian tones of auctioneer, calling out to clear , now announced that the sale to commence.