| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ lento Mus.|ˈlɛnto|
[It.]
a. A direction indicating a movement slower than Adagio.
1724Explic. For. Words Mus., Lent, or Lento, or Lentement, do all denote a Slow Movement. 1736in Bailey (fol.). 1876in Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms.
b. Philol. Applied to a word or phrase pronounced more slowly than in normal speech. Cf. allegro B. 2.
1939[see allegro B. 2]. 1964J. Vachek in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 205 Yet the pronunciation with [əl], characteristic of a lento style of speech,..can hardly be credited with exercising a decisive influence on the much more frequent allegro form with the syllabic [ḷ]. 1968Language XLIV. 87 Another main type of downdrift is in steps, with deliberate lento articulation. 1973Word 1970 XXVI. 39 The last two words in lento speech.
▪ II. lento(o), Lenton(e
obs. ff. lean-to, Lenten. |