| 单词 | low-pitched |
| 释义 | low-pitched (once / 26924 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that sounds deep and soft, especially someone's voice, can be called low-pitched. It's polite to speak in a low-pitched voice before your houseguests have woken up in the morning. People who sing in low registers — altos and basses, for example — have low-pitched voices, and a big dog might have a low-pitched bark, especially compared to your toy poodle's yap. This definition of low-pitched comes from the sense of pitch that means "the highness or lowness of a sound's tone." Another way to use this adjective is to mean "at a low slant or slight slope," from the pitch meaning "steepness of slope." WORD FAMILYlow-pitched USAGE EXAMPLES“Meet our real masters,” Rasheed said in a low-pitched voice. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Not everyone in the ghostbusting business automatically assumes that low-pitched hum coming from the basement is a ghost. Wall Street Journal(Oct 27, 2016) Craftsman homes originated in the first years of the 20th century, with a low-pitched roof, an overhang porch and often exposed rafters inside. US News(Oct 13, 2016) 1 adj used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency 2Syn|Ant low alto, contralto of or being the lowest female voice baritonelower in range than tenor and higher than bass bass, deephaving or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range contrabass, double-basspitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range throatysounding as if pronounced low in the throat high, high-pitched used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency adenoidal, nasal, pinchedsounding as if the nose were pinched altissimovery high alto(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group alto, countertenorof or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor falsettoartificially high; above the normal voice range peaky, spikyhaving or as if having especially high-pitched spots sharp, shrillhaving or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealinghaving or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge soprano, treblehaving or denoting a high range sopraninohigher in range than soprano tenorof or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice tenor(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass adj set at a low angle or slant a low-pitched roof Syn inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position |
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