| 单词 | soft pedal |
| 释义 | Word Frequency soft pedal(sɒft ˈpɛdəl) noun music a foot-operated lever on a piano, the left one of two, that either moves the whole action closer to the strings so that the hammers strike with less force or causes fewer of the strings to sound The left pedal is the soft pedal. see also sustaining pedal, piano1Word Frequency soft-pedalverbWord forms: -als, -alling, -alledWord forms: US -als, -aling or -aled (transitive) 1. to mute the tone of (a piano) by depressing the soft pedal 2. informal to make (something, esp something unpleasant) less obvious by deliberately failing to emphasize or allude to it noun soft pedal 3. a foot-operated lever on a piano, the left one of two, that either moves the wholeaction closer to the strings so that the hammers strike with less force or causesfewer of the strings to sound Compare sustaining pedal, piano1 |
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