| 单词 | pianoforte |
| 释义 | pianoforte[ pee-an-uh-fawrt, -fohrt; pee-an-uh-fawr-tee, -tey, -fohr- ] / piˈæn əˌfɔrt, -ˌfoʊrt; piˌæn əˈfɔr ti, -teɪ, -ˈfoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pianoforte ON THESAURUS.COM nouna piano. Origin of pianoforte1760–70; <Italian (gravecembalo col) piano e forte literally, (harpsicord with) soft and loud, equivalent to piano soft (see piano2) + forte loud (see forte2) Words nearby pianofortepianistics, piano, piano accordion, piano bar, piano duet, pianoforte, piano hinge, Pianola, piano nobile, piano player, piano quartet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pianoforteBritish Dictionary definitions for pianofortepianoforte / (pɪˈænəʊˈfɔːtɪ) / nounthe full name for piano 1 Word Origin for pianoforteC18: from Italian, originally (gravecembalo col) piano e forte (harpsichord with) soft and loud; see piano ², forte ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for pianofortepianoforte [ (pee-an-uh-fawrt, pee-an-uh-fawr-tay) ] The full name of the piano, the common musical instrument with a board of black and white keys, eighty-eight in all. The keys operate hammers that strike wires. Pianoforte is Italian for “soft-loud”; it received this name because its level of loudness depends on how hard the player strikes the keys. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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