| 释义 |
sponˈdean, a. rare.
[f. L. spondē-us (see next) + -an.]
Of music: Characterized by or consisting of spondees.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 35 The first of these [enharmonic melodies] they reckon to have been the nome or melody called Spondean. c1800R. Cumberland J. De Lancaster (1809) I. 287 By the simple recitation of the spondean hymn. |