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单词 sordino
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sordino

[ sawr-dee-noh; Italian sawr-dee-naw ]
/ sɔrˈdi noʊ; Italian sɔrˈdi nɔ /
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noun, plural sor·di·ni [sawr-dee-nee Italian sawr-dee-nee]. /sɔrˈdi ni Italian sɔrˈdi ni/. Music.

mute (def. 10).

Origin of sordino

1795–1805; <Italian: a mute, equivalent to sordo (<Latin surdus deaf) + -ino-ine1

Words nearby sordino

sorcery, sord, Sordello, sordes, sordid, sordino, sore, soredial, soredium, sorehead, Sorel
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Example sentences from the Web for sordino

  • He was using a sordino and playing it very softly; but I was not mistaken.

    The Lost Stradivarius|John Meade Falkner
  • A sordino, or pochette, by "Baptista Bressano," supposed to date from the end of the fifteenth century.

    Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2)|Carl Engel
  • Another modification of tone is caused by placing a tiny instrument called a sordino, or mute, upon the bridge.

    How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.|Henry Edward Krehbiel
  • A sordino, or boat-shaped pochette; English, seventeenth century.

    Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2)|Carl Engel

British Dictionary definitions for sordino

sordino
/ (sɔːˈdiːnəʊ) /

noun plural -ni (-niː)

a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument
any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings
con sordino or con sordini a musical direction to play with a mute
senza sordino or senza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
See also sourdine

Word Origin for sordino

Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus
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