单词 | tremulant |
释义 | tremulantadj.n. A. adj. Tremulous; trembling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering tremblinga1400 aspen?c1412 quavering?a1439 didderingc1440 wavering1488 quavery1519 quiveringa1547 warbling1549 tremble1568 quiverish1582 tremefacting1599 aguisha1602 tremulous1611 twittering1648 brandishing1658 micant1661 shivery1747 shivering1762 tremulating1813 dithing1818 dithering1821 quivery1833 tremulant1837 trembly1846 thrilling1850 trepidatory1881 shuddering1893 doddery1919 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] > qualities of voice sweetened1567 flexible1712 plump1775 veiled1816 mezza voce1853 tremulant1884 tremulous1884 well-modulated1934 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ii. 231 Hapless De Brézé; doomed to survive long ages, in men's memory, in this faint way, with tremulent white rod. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 July 4/2 The Queen of the Opera can sing clean and firm, and with a touch of tremulant emotion, only just when and where it is wanted. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 516 The muscular contractions which execute willed movements are themselves found..to be often slightly tremulant. B. n. Music. 1. = tremolo n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > tremolo stop shaking stop1659 trembling-stop1659 tremolando1852 tremolant1854 tremulant1862 tremolo1869 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3411 Tremulant to swell. 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) iii. 20 A Tremulant is a contrivance that gives to the tone of any department of an Organ to which it may be applied, a waving, or undulating effect. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 8/1 The largest organ in the world is being built..for the St. Louis Exhibition of 1904... There are to be ninety-nine mechanical appliances, thirty-six couplers, five tremulants, and forty-eight adjustable pistons. 2. = tremolo n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > timbre or quality > vibrato tremulousness1727 quiverante1775 tremolo1786 tremolant1854 vibrato1876 bebung1879 tremulant1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Apr. 4/1 We strongly recommend Mesdames Durand and Laterner to subdue the tremulant in their voices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1837 |
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