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发音：[məˈloʊdiəs]
例句：
- The word “melodious” refers to a sound that is pleasant to hear. It is often used to describe music or voices that have a sweet, harmonious, and enjoyable quality. When something is melodious, it means it has a pleasing melody or tune that makes it agreeable to listen to.
- Before the American Revolution, Jefferson had developed an affection for mockingbirds, an affection he brought to the White House, where their melodious songs filled the rooms.
- The advertisement opens with the narrator’s harmonious voice proclaiming, “A new day dawns in America. This day, an unprecedented number of men and women will embark on their work, surpassing all previous records in our nation’s history.”
- Frank Kaminsky, named the Big Ten Player of the Year, amassed 27 points, hitting 10 of his 14 attempts, and gathered 12 rebounds in a win that was characterized more by its methodical approach than by any melodious quality.
- The melodious sound produced by numerous birds originates from a unique organ concealed deep in their chests: a singular voice box known as a syrinx.
解释：
- Melodious这个单词做形容词使用，其表示“having a musical sound”这一含义，即“悦耳的/优美动听的/像音乐的”，与lyric/musical/tuneful/rhythmic这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Although some species of tanagers focus more on their vocal abilities than their looks, as seen in the aptly named drab hemispingus, others, like the mountain tanager, boast both vibrant plumage and melodious calls.（虽然一些唐纳雀种类更注重它们的歌唱能力而非外观，正如其名暗淡的赫米斯平雀所见，其他一些，如山唐纳雀，则既拥有鲜艳的羽毛也有悦耳的叫声。）
–Science - Under Ancelotti’s leadership, the style of football has become more fluid and melodious, contrasting with the intense focus on detailed organization that was a hallmark of Mourinho’s tenure.（在安切洛蒂的领导下，足球的风格变得更加流畅和赏心悦目，这与穆里尼奥执教时期对详细组织的强烈关注形成了对比。）
–Sports - Vivaldi composed the Four Seasons around 1720, and the spring segment of this work stands out as his most famous piece, making it perhaps the best-known composition from the entire Baroque period due to its melodious quality.（维瓦尔第在大约1720年创作了《四季》，其中春季部分成为他最著名的作品，也许是因为其音乐般的质地，使其成为整个巴洛克时期最知名的作品之一。）
–Business - The conductor, Patrick Dupré Quigley, described Dvorák’s “Te Deum” as reminiscent of “the last 20 minutes of Meyerbeer’s grandest opera,” implying it was melodious and extravagant, effectively concluding a season marked by challenges yet distinguished by merit.（指挥家帕特里克·杜普雷·奎格利描述杜沃夏克的《Te Deum》让人回想起“迈尔比尔最宏大歌剧的最后20分钟”，意味着它既悦耳又奢华，有效地结束了一个充满挑战但因其优秀而显著的季节。）
–Arts and Culture
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