| 单词 |
altisonant |
| 释义 |
altisonant, a.|ælˈtɪsənənt| [f. L. alti- comb. form of alt-us high + sonant-em sounding, pr. pple. of sonā-re to sound. L. has the analogous altison-us: cf. altitonant-em and altiton-us, both found.] High-sounding, lofty, pompous, loud.
1620Shelton Don Quix. (R.) He should alter likewise his denomination, and get a new one, that were famous and altisonant. 1664Evelyn Silva (1776) Pref., Altisonant phrases. 1837Old Commodore i. 2 Does he not, I say, arrest it ere it fall with the altisonant Zounds? |

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