单词 | discordant |
释义 | discordant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Colours & sounds Musicdiscordantdis‧cord‧ant /dɪsˈkɔːdənt $ -ɔːr-/ adjective1 APMC formal a discordant sound is unpleasant because it is made up of musical notes that do not go together well2 literarySTRANGE strange, wrong, or unsuitable in relation to everything around OPP harmoniousstrikes a discordant note in this old building. The modern decor 3 DISAGREE formal not in agreement discordant results from the experimentExamples from the Corpusdiscordant• The authorities on the issue are discordant.• Strange discordant music emanated from the woods.• Yet, to propose the possibility of adoption by such a couple strikes a discordant note.• Trehub, in Toronto, found that 6-to 9-month-old babies could tell whether a musical sequence was discordant or harmonious.• The two experiments gave us discordant results.• In fact it tends to generate some very discordant results.strikes a discordant note• Yet, to propose the possibility of adoption by such a couple strikes a discordant note. |
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