veritable

veritable
adjective
  1. [attrib.]used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor
    [用作强调词,常用于修饰隐喻]真正的;确实的
    the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion.
    20世纪70年代经历了真正的价格爆炸。
派生
veritably
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, from verite 'truth' (see verity). Early senses included 'true' and 'speaking the truth', later 'genuine, actual'
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