| 单词 | grave accent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrave accent 6. Of sounds: Low in pitch, deep in tone; opposed to acute. grave accent (see accent n. 5, 1). grave harmonic (see harmonic n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > pitch > low in pitch bassa1450 heavy1589 broad1607 grave1609 deepa1616 gravitoned1657 low-pitched1811 deep-drawn1860 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 71 A graue accent is made in the end of a complete sentence. 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 99 The Acute accent raising the Voice in some certain Syllables, to a higher, i.e. more acute Pitch or Tone, and the Grave depressing it lower. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick ii. 19 The Verse was also mixt with acute and grave Sounds. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The thicker the Chord, or String, the more grave the Tone, or Note. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 307 The English heroick admits of acute or grave syllables variously disposed. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ix. 229 Dr. Wollaston has also shown that this is true also of very grave sounds. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 199/2 Grave, deep in pitch; as grave hexachord, the lowest hexachord in the Guidonian system. 1881 Nature No. 616. 358 A low booming tone to which musicians give the name of the grave harmonic. < as lemmas |
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