🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 0 COCA: 40192

— adenoidal

/ˌædəˈnoɪdl̟/ adjective
BNC: 0 COCA: 40192

adenoidal

adjective

ad·​e·​noi·​dal ˌa-də-ˈnȯi-dᵊl How to pronounce adenoidal (audio)
: exhibiting the characteristics (such as snoring, mouth breathing, and voice nasality) of one affected with abnormally enlarged adenoids : adenoid
an adenoidal tenor
not usually used technically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But between the adenoidal sneer of his voice and the class-conscious bite of his lyrics, Elvis Costello managed to meet the moment in 1977 as punk rock was sweeping through London and making the old guard irrelevant. Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2022 Their adenoidal squeak and chuckly delivery disguise both the stripping away of human culture and the ineffectuality of that culture that are his chief themes. New York Times, 7 July 2021 Guitarist Chris Shiflett slashes through the mix with tasteful solos, but the true hero is frontman Dave Grohl, who gives a remarkable approximation of Bon Scott’s adenoidal scream. Bryan Rolli, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2017 Cosell was homely, with an adenoidal voice and a collection of toupees. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 4 June 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adenoidal was in 1894
BNC: 0 COCA: 40192

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime