“high、sounding”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

high-sounding

释义

ˈhigh-ˌsounding, a.
1. Emitting a high or loud sound; highly sonorous.
1560Bible (Genev.) Ps. cl. 5 Praise ye him with high sounding cymbals.1717Fenton Poems 212 (Jod.) When his highsounding lyre his valour rais'd.1784Cowper Task v. 681 Ah, tinkling cymbal and high-sounding brass, Smitten in vain!
2. Having an imposing or pretentious sound.
1784De Lolme Eng. Const. i. ii. (ed. 4) 33 Vested with more high-sounding prerogatives.a1862Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. iii. 131 They had high-sounding titles.1877E. R. Conder Bas. Faith iv. 145 What real meaning is there in the highsounding phrase, so often repeated, ‘Knowledge of things in themselves’?

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