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单词 polyphonic
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pol•y•phon•ic  (pol′ē fonik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Music and Danceconsisting of many voices or sounds.
  2. Music and Dance
    • having two or more voices or parts, each with an independent melody, but all harmonizing;
      contrapuntal (opposed to homophonic).
    • pertaining to music of this kind.
    • capable of producing more than one tone at a time, as an organ or a harp.
  3. Phoneticshaving more than one phonetic value, as the letter s, that is voiced (z) in nose and unvoiced (s) in salt.
  • polyphone + -ic 1775–85
pol′y•phoni•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
polyphonic /ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk/ adj
  1. composed of relatively independent melodic lines or parts; contrapuntal
  2. many-voiced
  3. of, relating to, or denoting a polyphone

ˌpolyˈphonically adv
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
po•lyph•o•ny /pəˈlɪfəni/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Music and Dancea musical style in which two or more independent and harmonious melodic lines are heard at the same time.
pol•y•phon•ic /ˌpɑliˈfɑnɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. 
pol•y•phon•i•cal•ly, adv. See -phon-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
po•lyph•o•ny  (pə lifə nē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancepolyphonic composition;
    counterpoint.
  2. Phoneticsrepresentation of different sounds by the same letter or symbol.
  • Greek polyphōnía variety of tones. See poly-, -phony
  • 1820–30
po•lypho•nous, adj. 
po•lypho•nous•ly, adv. 

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