| 单词 | crescendo |
| 释义 | crescendo (once / 5922 pages) nvadj In a crescendo, the music is getting louder. There's often a crescendo in a large group of talking people, too. This word comes from classical music, where it's very important how loudly the instruments play. If a tuba is crescendoing at the wrong time, then a quiet piano part might not be heard at all. The crescendo is important in all kinds of music, because volume — how loud something is — is one of the main features of music. If you are whispering and gradually raise your voice and then end up shouting, that's a crescendo as well. WORD FAMILYcrescendo: crescendi, crescendoed, crescendoing, crescendos, decrescendo+/decrescendo: decrescendos USAGE EXAMPLESThe song builds to a crescendo, and ends in a whimper. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) The final section was dominated by long sustained chords that would crescendo and then subside into almost inaudible calm. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Crescendoing from totally mundane music video concepts to actual surreal, semi-frightening 3D experiences, the six-piece series shows the artist’s growing mastery of this burgeoning technology. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1n (music) a gradual increase in loudness Hypo|Hyper swell a crescendo followed by a decrescendo intensity, loudness, volume the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) 2v grow louder Ant|Hyper decrescendo grow quieter increase become bigger or greater in amount 3adj gradually increasing in volume Syn increasing music |
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