descant

英 ['deskænt] 美 ['deskænt]

• n. 详述；评论；高音部伴唱
• v. 详论；絮说；伴唱
• =discant.

英英释义

Noun:

1. a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

Verb:

1. sing in descant

2. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling;

   "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
   

3. talk at great length about something of one's interest

经典引文

• Her high voice sounded in a thin piping descant above the rest.

  出自： E. Figes

• To spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity.

  出自：Richard III , Shakespeare

• On this theme he descanted for half an hour.

  出自： J. Galsworthy

近反义词

【近义词】

• air 空气
• expression 表情
• song 歌曲
• amplify 扩大
• music 音乐
• melody 旋律
• harmony 和谐
• part 部分
• line 线
• tune 曲调
• yodel 用岳得尔歌调唱...
• discant 详论
• warble 用颤音唱