descant

美 [ˈdeskænt]英 [ˈdeskænt]
  • n.高于主音的旋律
  • v.详谈;唱歌

复数: descants

descantdescant

noun

music 音高于主音的旋律
a tune that is sung or played at the same time as, and usually higher than, the main tune

descant

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (乐曲的)上方音部,高音部
    A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.

    An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.

    一位双臂交叉的老妇人演唱了高音部。

noun

1
a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Synonym: discant

verb

1
talk at great length about something of one's interest
2
sing by changing register;sing by yodeling
The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains
Synonym: yodel warble
3
sing in descant

数据来源:WordNet

  1. An elderly woman , arms crossed , sang the descant .

    一位双臂交叉的老妇人演唱了高音部。

  2. You need not descant upon my shortcomings .

    你不必絮说我的缺点。

  3. The girl students were asked to descant on the tune .

    女生们被要求唱高音部分。

  4. The boy singers were asked to descant on the tune .

    要求男孩子们唱高音部分。

  5. Sing a descant on a main tune or melody .

    以主调或悦耳的音调唱着评论。

  6. He is going to descant on the beauties of the scene .

    他将详述风景的。

  7. She is catching cold today , so she can 't descant on the tune .

    她今天感冒了,不能唱高声卸。

  8. To sing or play a descant .

    演唱(或演奏)高音部。

  9. Descant endlessly on the government 's failings .

    无尽无休地谈论政府的过失。

  10. Andy on descant with Ed on bass , forth we went together , marching through'the rude wind 's wild lament and the bitter weather '

    安迪唱高音部,埃德唱低音部,我俩一起边唱边走,迎着那“狂风的呼号与恶劣的天气”。

  11. To be a bar boss for seven years , Big Tree look like a idealist more than a businessman when he talked about his descant on culture , rock , Reggae and musical ideal .

    做了六七年的酒吧老板,大树却一点儿也不像商人,一见面就跟记者大谈文化、摇滚、雷鬼以及自己的音乐抱负,仍然是个十足的理想主义者。