单词 | melodic |
释义 | melodic (once / 6600 pages) adj Something that's tuneful or pretty to listen to is melodic. If your French teacher has a friendly smile and a melodic voice, you could probably sit and listen to her talk for hours. Anything sweet sounding — a bird's trill, a poet's voice, or the tune you sing in the shower — is melodic. A more technical meaning of the word is "containing melody," the definition a professional musician might use. Melody is a quality of music defined as "tunefulness" or "a satisfying series of notes." Music teachers play melodic patterns for their students to duplicate, and composers sometimes combine melodic phrases to form a symphony. The Greek root of melodic is melos, or "song." WORD FAMILYmelodic: melodically, melodise, unmelodic USAGE EXAMPLESPWR BTTM, the melodic and theatrical punk duo of Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins, are masters of presentation. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The emphasis must always be on the overall sweep, on the melodic line and phrasing. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Her songs are straightforward, driving and melodic, with some lightly surreal storytelling but little of the dissonance of her old band. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody Syn|Ant melodious, musical ariose, songlike having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) canorous, songfulrichly melodious cantabile, singingsmooth and flowing dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweetpleasing to the ear lyricalsuitable for or suggestive of singing unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical lacking melody 2adj of or relating to melody melodic harmony |
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