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sten·tor
/ˈstɛnˌtɔr, tɚ/
聲音洪亮的人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sten·tor
n.
1.
A
herald
,
in
the
Iliad
,
who
had
a
very
loud
voice
;
hence
,
any
person
having
a
powerful
voice
.
2.
Zool.
Any
species
of
ciliated
Infusoria
belonging
to
the
genus
Stentor
and
allied
genera
,
common
in
fresh
water
.
The
stentors
have
a
bell-shaped
,
or
cornucopia-like
,
body
with
a
circle
of
cilia
around
the
spiral
terminal
disk
.
See
Illust
.
under
Heterotricha
.
3.
Zool.
A
howling
monkey
,
or
howler
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
stentor
n
1:
a
speaker
with
an
unusually
laoud
voice
2:
the
mythical
Greek
warrior
with
an
unusually
loud
voice
who
died
after
losing
a
shouting
contest
with
Hermes
3:
any
of
several
trumpet-shaped
ciliate
protozoans
that
are
members
of
the
genus
Stentor
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