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单词 alto
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
al•to /ˈæltoʊ/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -tos, adj. 
n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dance contralto.
  2. Music and Dance countertenor.
  3. Music and Dancethe second highest part of a four-part chorus.
  4. Music and Dancethe second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. Music and Danceof, relating to, or having the tonal range of an alto.
See -alti-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
al•to  (altō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, adj. [Music.]
n. 
  1. Music and Dancethe lowest female voice;
    contralto.
  2. Music and Dancethe highest male voice;
    countertenor.
  3. Music and Dancea singer with such a voice.
  4. Music and Dancea musical part for such a voice.
  5. Music and Dancethe second highest of the four parts of a mixed vocal chorus, or the voices or persons singing this part.
  6. Music and Dancethe second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments, as the viola in the violin family or the althorn in the cornet family.

adj. 
  1. Music and Danceof, pertaining to, or having the tonal range of the alto.
  2. Music and Dance(of a musical instrument) second highest in a family of musical instruments:alto saxophone.
  • Latin altus high
  • Italian
  • 1775–85

alto-, 
  1. var. of alti-: altostratus.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alto /ˈæltəʊ/ n ( pl -tos)
  1. the highest adult male voice; countertenor
  2. (in choral singing) a shortened form of contralto
  3. a singer with such a voice
  4. a flute, saxophone, etc, that is the third or fourth highest instrument in its group
adj
  1. denoting a flute, saxophone, etc, that is the third or fourth highest instrument in its group
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian: high, from Latin altus
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