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des·cant AHD[dĕsʹkănt'] D.J.[ˈdesˌkænt]K.K.[ˈdɛsˌkænt]n.(名词)- Also dis.cant [dĭsʹ-] Music 也作 dis.cant [dĭsʹ-] 【音乐】
- An ornamental melody or counterpoint sung or played above a theme.高音部长曲:歌唱或演奏中高于主旋律的装饰性曲调或对位音
- The highest part sung in part music.高音部:在唱分部乐曲时音调最高的部分
- A discussion or discourse on a theme.评论:就某一主题进行讨论
v.intr.(不及物动词)des.cant.ed, des.cant.ing, des.cants[dĕsʹkănt', dĕ-skăntʹ] - To comment at length; discourse:详论:详细评论;论述:"He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table"(James Boswell)“他过去常常对端上桌的菜肴大加批评”(詹姆斯·博斯韦尔)
- Also dis.cant [dĭsʹkănt', dĭ-skăntʹ] Music 也作 dis.cant [dĭsʹkănt', dĭ-skăntʹ] 【音乐】
- To sing or play a descant.演唱(或演奏)高音部
- To sing melodiously.甜美地演唱
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Anglo-Norman descaunt 源自 英法语 descaunt
- from Medieval Latin discantus [a refrain] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 discantus [叠韵]
- Latin dis- [dis-] 拉丁语 dis- [前缀,表强调]
- Latin cantus [song] 拉丁语 cantus [歌曲]
- from [past participle of] canere [to sing] * see kan- 源自 canere的过去分词 [演唱] * 参见 kan-
desʹcant'er n.(名词) |