| 释义 |
‖ niente, n. (and adv.)|niˈente|
[It.]
1. Nothing (more), not anything. Orig. in phr. dolce far niente n. phr.
1814, etc. [see dolce far niente n. phr.]. a1930D. H. Lawrence Compl. Poems (1964) II. 824 Nullus, nullus, nothing and nought Nichts and niente, rien and nada. 1948E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxiv. 12 Petty larceny In a regime based on grand larceny Might rank as conformity nient'altro With justice shall be redeemed. 1969Y. Carter Mr. Campion's Farthing xviii. 179 I'm not going to wear any more of it. Niente. 1983Fortune 31 Oct. 31/2 Nothing is wrong. Nothing. Rien. Nada. Niente.
2. Music. (Esp. in the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), British composer). A direction requiring that the sound or tone should fade away gradually to nothing; a fading ending in this style.
1920R. Vaughan Williams London Symphony (rev. ed.) ii. 98 (in score) Niente. 1948― Symphony in E Minor iv. 158 (in score) Niente. 1959D. Cooke Lang. Mus. v. 253 The slow finale,..a hopeless wandering through a dead world ending literally in niente (Vaughan Williams's favourite word for a final fade-out of any kind)—nothingness. 1963A. E. F. Dickinson Vaughan Williams vii. 198 Rhapsody here reaches a new point of indeterminate finish, niente, and in a symphony. |