单词 | in alt |
释义 | > as lemmasin alt 1. Music. High pitch of voice or instrument; an instance of this, a high note. Chiefly in in alt: in the octave immediately above the top line of the treble stave. Cf. alto n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > high pitch alt1535 alto1597 height1597 trebleness1626 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adverb] > high > above treble stave in alt1535 in altissimo1773 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 627 Mony trumpet into sindrie tune, Sum into bas, and sum in alt abone. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 4 What in F fa vt in Base, may also be done in _ffa vt in alt. 1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 3 Those above Ela are called Notes in Alt. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 52 In soaring Alts his Grand Ambition shew. 1762 G. Colman Musical Lady i. ii. 14 Your Ladyship's absolutely in alt... Yes, in Alt—Give me leave to tell your Ladyship that you have raised your voice a full Octave higher. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 296 Voice risen somewhat into Alt. 1864 R. Browning Youth & Art in Dramatis Personæ 155 As I shook upon E in alt. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby III. 138 The little soft ascending rocket, up to E in alt. 1922 S. H. Adams From Bench in our Square ii. 68 The voice of its bell, measured and mellow and pure, was unquestionably D in alt. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers xi. 508 The E-flat in alt exploded from the singing mask. in alt 2. figurative. in alt: (of a person) in an exalted or excited condition or mood; (of a thing) in a superior or elevated state. Now archaic.Common in the 18th cent.; rare after early 19th cent., until revived in the mid 20th cent. in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > in inspired state [phrase] in alt1737 1737 Distress'd Fair 38 [They] returned to their company, that by this Time were all in Alt. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. iv. 72 The fair fugitive was all in Alt. 1784 European Mag. & London Rev. 5 425 I know you to be in alt, as to your religion. 1833 J. Galt Eben Erskine I. vi. 39 Every thing was so uncommonly fine;..all was in alt, from the folded shape of the napkins..to the dressed hair of the professors. 1836 F. Trollope Paris & Parisians I. xxi. 133 So saying, he departed,—leaving us all..a little less in alt about him than before. 1959 G. Heyer Unknown Ajax ix. 130 She is thrown into high fidgets... If she could school herself to be a little less in alt she would go on better. 2007 L. Carlyle Never Lie to Lady xvi. 363 Gibbons was in alt—having all of twelve coats to choose from instead of just the two. < as lemmas |
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