单词	alto
释义	alto1 adjectivealto2 noun altoal‧to1 /ˈæltəʊ $ -toʊ/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Baritone saxophone, alto clarinet. b. Lovejoy, Illinois, 16 Sep 1940. Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an alto sax at eleven years of age. He played alto sax until he was sixteen, then switched to tenor. Here the quartet is joined by another frontman, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► sax · Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an alto sax at eleven years of age.· He played alto sax until he was sixteen, then switched to tenor.· Barbieri heads what is basically a small group here, but he adds trumpet, trombone and alto sax on occasion. an alto instrument or voice produces notes at the second highest level, below a soprano:  an alto sax alto1 adjectivealto2 noun altoalto2 noun (plural altos) Word Origin WORD ORIGINalto Origin: 1500-1600 Italian ‘high’, from Latin altus; ➔ ALTITUDE Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Her choirmaster said her voice, now a low alto, was just too low. Her rich alto, at 49, is as strong as ever. 1[countable] a singing voice that is lower than a soprano, or a singer with a voice like this2[singular] the part of a musical work that is written for an alto voice or instrument → baritone1(2), bass1(2), soprano1(2), tenor1(2)
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