| 单词 | canto |
| 释义 | canto (once / 1437 pages) 1n 2n Long books have chapters. Long poems do, too. But a chapter in a long poem is called a canto. There are several famous poems that are divided into cantos, including Dante's The Divine Comedy and Lord Byron's Don Juan. Canto is an Italian word coming from Latin which means song or singing. From Italian it was borrowed in English to mean a section of a poem. WORD FAMILYcanto: cantos USAGE EXAMPLESNeruda also composes “Canto General,” his great, Whitmanesque work on the glories and miseries of Latin America. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) In fact, a somewhat generalized sense of character carries through the bel canto repertoire on the disc. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) This is minimalism that magically speaks volumes, further demonstration of the range Patchett demonstrated in “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder.” Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016) 1 n a major division of a long poem 2Hyper section, subdivision a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) n the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music Hyper voice part a part written for a singer |
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