1610s, from Latin sonorus "resounding," from sonor "sound, noise," from sonare "to sound" (see sonata). Related: Sonorously; sonorousness. Earlier was sonouse (c. 1500), from Medieval Latin sonosus; sonourse "having a pleasing voice" (c. 1400), from sonor + -y (2).
双语例句
1. "Doctor McKee?" the man called in an even, sonorous voice.
“是麦基博士吗？”那个男人用平稳而洪亮的声音喊道。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The sonorous voice of the speaker echoed round the room.
那位演讲人洪亮的声音在室内回荡.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. This poem is both majestic and sonorous.
这首诗读起来音调铿锵.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. These much - quoted words can apply also to the sonorous prose of Bartram.
这些时常被人引用的话也可以拿来形容巴特铿锵有声的散文.
来自辞典例句
5. Luther's Protestantism is a grand theology, a sonorous earnest hardheaded Christianity.
