Melody
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 旋律; 歌曲
- ［英］ n. 旋律 ( musical sounds in agreeable succession)
- ［类］ metaphor : literal / melody : spoken ( 隐喻不用字面上的意义 / 旋律不用语言上的意义)
- ［记］ mel ( 甜) +ody ( 唱) -> 旋律
- ［同］ 派生词: melodious ( adj. 旋律优美的, 悦耳的)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -dies)
- Etymology: Middle English melodie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin melodia, from Greek melōidia chanting, music, from melos limb, musical phrase, song (probably akin to Breton mell joint) + aeidein to sing — more at ode
- Date: 13th century
- 1. a sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds ; tunefulness
- 2. a rhythmic succession of single tones organized as an aesthetic whole
- ? melodic adjective
- ? melodically adverb
