单词 | breathiness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈbreathiness ˈbreathiness n. the quality of being breathy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > breathy quality breathiness1866 1866 Newcastle Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 2/4 The soul of her voice is unchanged. There was..a little ‘breathiness’, which is to the voice what a thin almost imperceptible mist is to the stream. 1993 Q Jan. 71/4 The astonishing variation of Henderson's tone on tenor—from flute-like high sounds and cool-sax breathiness to..hard-bop muscle. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Final ed.) (Arts & Leisure section) 26/1 Her other mode is a soft breathiness that has..become a kind of shorthand through which singers mean to designate strong emotion. < as lemmas |
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