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单词 clarion
释义

clarion

/ˈklarɪən /
noun historical
1A shrill narrow-tubed war trumpet.They talk, shout, create ‘the warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions… Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds ’.
1.1An organ stop with a quality resembling that of a clarion.
adjective literary
Loud and clear: clarion trumpeters...
  • In the solo arias in the first and third acts, Pavarotti rang out the high notes with that clarion sonority that is unmistakably his.
  • His clarion tone and beautiful phrasing were a model of superb instrumental control and mastery.
  • Then, too, the ideal voice for this heroic part needs the sort of declamatory clarion brilliance that the Italians call 'squillo'.

Phrases

clarion call

Origin

Middle English: from medieval Latin clario(n-), from Latin clarus 'clear'.

Rhymes

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