dulcet

a. 悦目的, 美妙的, 美味的, 悦耳的

发音

UK /ˈdʌl.sɪt/
US /ˈdʌl.sɪt/
UK /ˈdʌl.sət/
US /ˈdʌl.sət/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.

    Matthew "MattKC" Wong (actor) (2024), 6s from the start, in I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95: “Ah, yes, the dulcet tones of Windows 95.”

  2. 2.

    Generally pleasing; agreeable.

  3. 3.

    Sweet to the taste.

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

sweet mellifluous honeyed mellisonant

近义相关 4

pleasant musical melodic melodious

词源

From Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, from dulz, dulce (“sweet, pleasant”) + diminutive -et, from Latin dulcis (“sweet, pleasant”). Cognate with Spanish dulce, French doux, Italian dolce, Portuguese doce, and Romanian dulce. Doublet of dolcetto and doucet.

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