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veritable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ver·i·ta·ble /ˈverətəbəl/ adjective [only before noun] formal  EMPHASIZEa word used to emphasize a description of someone or something 十足的,名副其实的 SYN real The area is a veritable paradise for those who love walking and swimming. 这个地区对于喜欢散步和游泳的人来说简直就是天堂。
Examples from the Corpus
veritableBut to Paula Ladies' Fashions was a veritable Aladdin's cave of delights.The temple of the Sun at Cuzco appeared a veritable gold-mine to the impatient conquerors.The studio was a veritable Land of Song, exemplified by the ever-popular programme of that name.This painting has become a veritable obsession and he has returned to it repeatedly over the past thirty years.The male bird is a veritable rainbow of colors.He stared into a veritable sea of smiling faces.This meant all the leftovers had to be frozen in a veritable stack of containers.
Origin veritable (1400-1500) Old French verite; → VERITY
ver·i·ta·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
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veritable
veritable /ˈverətəbəl, ˈverɪtəbəl/ adjective [only before noun] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: verite; verity
a word used to emphasize a description of someone or something
   SYN  real:
    The area is a veritable paradise for those who love walking and swimming.


ver·it·ableBrE /ˈverɪtəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈverɪtəbl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (formal or humorous) a word used to emphasize that sb/sth can be compared to sb/sth else that is more exciting, more impressive, etc. 十足的;名副其实的;不折不扣的 SYN positive The meal that followed was a veritable banquet. 随后摆上的饭菜俨然是一桌宴席。🔊🔊