| 单词 | organ stop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorgan stop organ stop n. a set of pipes in an organ producing tones of the same quality; = stop n.2 14a; (also) figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop stopc1500 register1585 organ stop1644 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 Some times the Lute, or soft organ stop waiting on elegant voices. 1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage I. xvi. 238 I can't bear any instrument but Herz's or Petzold's!—Petzold's last, with the organ stop and flageolet, and drums for military symphonies, are the most perfect in the world. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 27 The Queen..was furious... At once all the organ-stops are out. 1992 Economist 11 July 43/3 Mr Heseltine..sees macroeconomic policy and education as being the two most important ‘organ-stops’ requiring agitation to aid industry. 1993 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 76/2 The occasional use of the penetrating sesquialtera organ stop to support the cantus firmus. < as lemmas |
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