| 释义 |
‖ ˈaltus Mus. Obs.
[L. altus high (sc. cantus singing).]
= alto n.2
1609Douland Ornithop. Microl. 86 The Base requires a third below, and the Altus the same aboue. a1659Cleveland Comm. Place (1677) 163 A Deep Base that must reach as low as Hell to describe the Passion, and thence rebound to a joyful Altus, the high-strain of the Resurrection. |