Timbre



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.音色, 音质
• ［英］ n.音色, 音质 ( the quality given to a sound by its overtones)
• ［例］ The singer's voice had a pleasant timbre.

Webster Collegiate

also timber noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, bell struck by a hammer, from Old French, drum, from Middle Greek tymbanon kettledrum, from Greek tympanon — more at tympanum
• Date: 1845
• the quality given to a sound by its overtones: as
  • a. the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound
  • b. the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument
• ? timbral adjective

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