Cordial
['kɔːdɪəl] or ['kɔrdʒəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) sincerely or intensely felt; 'a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort'; 'a cordial abhorrence of waste' .
(adj.) politely warm and friendly; 'a cordial handshake' .
校對:迈克尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Proceeding from the heart.
(a.) Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
(a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
(n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
(n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
(n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
加德纳整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Hearty, warm, ardent, affectionate, earnest, sincere, heartfelt.[2]. Grateful, pleasant, refreshing, invigorating, restorative.
n. [1]. Stomachic, stomachal, stimulating medicine.[2]. Liqueur, aromatized spirit.
海伦娜編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Warm, earnest, sincere, reviving, invigorating, affectionate, hearty
ANT:Cold, distant, formal, ceremonious
康妮手打
解釋/意思:
adj. hearty: with warmth of heart: sincere: affectionate: reviving the heart or spirits.—n. anything which revives or comforts the heart: a medicine or drink for refreshing the spirits.—adjs. Cor′date (bot.) heart-shaped; Cor′dial-heart′ed.—v.i. Cor′dialise to become cordial to fraternise.—ns. Cordial′ity Cor′dialness.—adv. Cor′dially.—adj. Cor′diform in the form of a heart.
錄入:莉娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Her cordial look, when she put out her hand to him, softened his expression, but only with melancholy. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Yet I almost trembled for fear of making the answer too cordial: Graham's tastes are so fastidious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She uses some odd expressions, but is as cordial and full of heart as sanity itself can be--more so than it often is. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In came Amy, quite calm and delightfully cordial to the one guest who had kept her promise. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- These officers said they would take it upon themselves to insure us a cordial reception. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- To be left to her and her cordial seemed to me something like being left to the poisoner and her bowl. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But my feelings are not only cordial towards _him_; they are even impartial towards Miss King. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- This was always my cordial, to which, like other dram-drinkers, I had eager recourse when unsettled by chagrin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They might choose to vary by some shades their hitherto cordial manner towards me, when aware of my grade in society. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It also touched her, and she showed that it did, by the cordial tone in which she said. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
吉米編輯