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单词 voix celeste
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Definition of voix celeste in English:

voix celeste

nounˌvwʌ səˈlɛstˌvwä səˈlest
  • French term for vox angelica
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His designs rejected the baroque model in favour of a more expressive and ` romantic’ instrument, of which a new, highly sensitive swell mechanism, his deployment of the voix celestes and voix humaine stops and a distinctive character he imparted to swell reeds were the most significant features.
    • He spoke of the Salicional, voix celestes, vox angelica and lieblich gedact as stops of distinctive character.
    • Eventually a new motherboard was fitted which sorted that problem but killed three other stops - unda maris and voix celeste which I don't really care for anyway, and the 12 th on the Swell which I was a bit sorry to lose.

Origin

Late 19th century: French voix céleste, literally 'heavenly voice'.

 
 

Definition of voix celeste in US English:

voix celeste

nounˌvwä səˈlest
  • French term for vox angelica
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He spoke of the Salicional, voix celestes, vox angelica and lieblich gedact as stops of distinctive character.
    • His designs rejected the baroque model in favour of a more expressive and ` romantic’ instrument, of which a new, highly sensitive swell mechanism, his deployment of the voix celestes and voix humaine stops and a distinctive character he imparted to swell reeds were the most significant features.
    • Eventually a new motherboard was fitted which sorted that problem but killed three other stops - unda maris and voix celeste which I don't really care for anyway, and the 12 th on the Swell which I was a bit sorry to lose.

Origin

Late 19th century: French voix céleste, literally ‘heavenly voice’.

 
 
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