Tenor



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.男高音; 要点, 要旨
• ［英］ n.男高音 ( the highest natural male singing voice) ; 要点, 要旨 ( purport)
• ［记］ ten ( 握住) +or -> 握住的东西 -> 要点; 例: the tenor of a speech ( 讲话的要点)
• ［例］ the tenor of a speech ( 讲话的要点)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English tenour, from Anglo-French, from Latin tenor uninterrupted course, from tenēre to hold — more at thin
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the drift of something spoken or written ; purport
  • b. an exact copy of a writing ; transcript
  • c. the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor
• 2.
  • a. the melodic line usually forming the cantus firmus in medieval music
  • b. the voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus
  • c. the highest natural adult male singing voice; also a person having this voice
  • d. a member of a family of instruments having a range next lower than that of the alto
• 3. a continuance in a course, movement, or activity
• 4. habitual condition ; character
• Synonyms: see tendency

II. adjective

• Date: 1522
• relating to or having the range or part of a tenor

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