Crescendo



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 音乐) 渐强, 高潮
• ［英］ n. ( 音乐) 渐强, 高潮 ( a gradual increase in loudness)
• ［类］ crescendo : sound / acceleration : tempo ( 渐强是加强声音 / 加速是加快速度)
• ［记］ crescend ( 成长, 上升) +o -> ( 音乐) 渐强
• ［同］ 同根词: crescent ( 新月)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -dos or -does; also crescendi)

• Etymology: Italian, from crescendo, adjective, increasing, gerund of crescere to grow, increase, from Latin
• Date: 1775
• 1.
  • a. a gradual increase; specifically a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage
  • b. the peak of a gradual increase ; climax <complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a crescendo — Down Beat
• 2. a crescendo musical passage
• ? crescendo intransitive verb

II. adverb or adjective

• Date: 1807
• with an increase in volume — used as a direction in music

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