单词 | trebly |
释义 | treblyadj. Chiefly Music and Sound Recording. Characterized by an excess of treble frequencies or an absence of resonant bass frequencies; tinny. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic brazen1596 wiry1609 metallic1821 tin pan1843 brassy1847 panny1869 tinny1877 trebly1970 1970 Los Angeles Times 13 Feb. iv. 15/1 Dyke takes the stage to hold his microphone too close to his mouth (making his voice come out painfully trebly). 1978 Gramophone Aug. 401/2 One tape..was so thin and trebly as to be almost unplayable. 1991 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. c12/5 The sound system delivered a tinny, trebly blare. 2006 Times (Nexis) 15 July (Features section) 28 The producer..adds a trebley sheen that makes the songs glisten, indeed the guitars are so bright..that they sound like a brass section. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). treblyadv. 1. In a threefold degree or manner; triply. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adverb] threefoldlya901 threefoldc1020 tripartedly1569 trebly1590 trinely1606 tripartitely1656 triply1660 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L2 Trebly augmented was his furious mood. 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime v. 47 She was left destitute, the..Iesuites being trebly paid. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 531 Linnen trebly rowl'd. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. vi. 90 Wicket and gate were trebly barr'd, By beam and bolt and chain. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam c. 154 This hath made them trebly dear. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adverb] > qualities of voice trebly1679 mezza voce1776 1679 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 330 A Mercy, wch makes mee merrily & Trebly sing, Gaudiamus and Haleluia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1970adv.1590 |
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