| 单词 | counterpoint |
| 释义 | counterpoint (once / 6541 pages) 1nv 2v To counterpoint is to contrast. If you point out that you should have class outside, someone might counterpoint by reminding you that it’s raining. In music, counterpoint is when two separate melodies are played or sung at the same time. When a composer writes a piece of music using voices that follow different rhythms or pitches but ultimately come together harmonically, she uses counterpoint. You can also use this word as a verb to mean "to highlight difference:" "My tidy bookshelves counterpoint the mess of papers and books on my desk." The musical meaning of counterpoint, "pricking musical notes under the original melody on a manuscript," comes from an earlier sewing or quilting meaning. WORD FAMILYcounterpoint: contrapuntist, counterpointed, counterpointing, counterpoints+/contrapuntist: contrapuntists/point: counterpoint, pointed, pointer, pointing, pointless, points, repoint/pointed: pointedly, pointedness, unpointed/pointer: pointers/pointless: pointlessly, pointlessness/repoint: repointed, repointing/unpointed: unpointedness USAGE EXAMPLESThe rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack somehow adds both irony and counterpoint to the proceedings. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) It offers a vital counterpoint to often dehumanizing rhetoric about “bowls of Skittles” and comprehensive Muslim bans. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) It’s Opetaia’s melody and lyrics in Samoan, and I just started writing English lyrics and counterpoint to what he’d written. Time(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies Hyper concerted music, polyphonic music, polyphony music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments 2v write in counterpoint 2Bach perfected the art of counterpointing Hyper compose, write write music v to show differences when compared; be different Syn|Hypo|Hyper contrast counterbalance, oppose contrast with equal weight or force conflictbe in conflict foilenhance by contrast counterpoise, counterpose, counterweightconstitute a counterweight or counterbalance to clash, collide, jarbe incompatible; be or come into conflict differ be different |
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