mellifluous
英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自拉丁語 mellifluus (“像蜂蜜一样流动的”)，源自mel (“蜂蜜”) + fluō (“流”)。对比superfluous和fluid，两者源自同一词根，亦对比dulcet (“甜言蜜语”)，另一个词义相近的拉丁语由来词。
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[编辑]形容词
[编辑]mellifluous (比較級 more mellifluous，最高級 most mellifluous)
- 像蜂蜜一样流动的
- 1671，John Milton，「(please specify the page)」，收錄於 Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes，倫敦： […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […]，→OCLC：
- Though in heaven the trees / Of life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines / Yield nectar; though from off the boughs each morn / We brush mellifluous dews, and find the ground / Cover'd with pearly grain […]
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- (比喻義) 甜美悦耳的，动听的 （形容人的声音、腔调及写作风格等）
- 近義詞：birdsweet, dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent
- 1671，John Milton，「(please specify the page)」，收錄於 Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes，倫敦： […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […]，→OCLC：
- […] Socrates […] Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth / Mellifluous streams that water'd all the schools / Of Academicks old and new […]
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- 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 July 12, Simon Montlake, “In Jan. 6 spotlight, Mike Pence navigates a tricky post-Trump path”, in 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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用法说明
[编辑]勿与melliferous (“吸引蜜蜂的；产蜜的”)相混淆。