mellifluous
英語
編輯詞源
編輯源自拉丁語 mellifluus (「像蜂蜜一樣流動的」),源自mel (「蜂蜜」) + fluō (「流」)。對比superfluous和fluid,兩者源自同一詞根,亦對比dulcet (「甜言蜜語」),另一個詞義相近的拉丁語由來詞。
發音
編輯形容詞
編輯mellifluous (比較級 more mellifluous,最高級 most mellifluous)
- 像蜂蜜一樣流動的
- (比喻義) 甜美悅耳的,動聽的 (形容人的聲音、腔調及寫作風格等)
- Template:RQ:Milton Paradise Regained
- 1853, Sir Egerton Brydges, Life of Milton:
- No verses can be more mellifluous than Petrarch's: something of this will perhaps be attributed to the softness of the Italian language; but the English tongue is also capable of it, however obstinately Johnson may have pronounced otherwise.
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- 2022年7月12日, Simon Montlake, 「In Jan. 6 spotlight, Mike Pence navigates a tricky post-Trump path」, 出自 The Christian Science Monitor:
- Radio proved a perfect fit for the mellifluous tones of Mr. Pence, who called himself “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.”
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用法說明
編輯勿與melliferous (「吸引蜜蜂的;產蜜的」)相混淆。