| 单词 | accompaniment |
| 释义 | accompaniment (once / 928 pages) n If your menu tonight consists of grilled pork and savory apples, then the pork is the main item and the apples are the accompaniment, meaning they complement the main dish. The noun accompaniment entered English in the eighteenth century and originally was used in a musical sense to describe a part in a song that supports or acts as background for another more prominent part. Its meaning later expanded to include not only musical assistance but other things that completes or make better the main thing. You’ll often hear it used to describe a food that supports the main item on a plate. WORD FAMILYaccompaniment: accompaniments+/accompanied: unaccompanied/accompanist: accompanists/accompany: accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanist, accompanying, accompanyist USAGE EXAMPLESA different kind of ambiguity arises in the solo arias, where tensions between voice and accompaniment often conjure the desperation of the beleaguered soul. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Familiar carols will be led by the Youth Choir with organ accompaniment and a Christmas story will be read by the rector. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Now they seemed independent of any music, now they seemed connected to their accompaniment. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts Syn|Hypo|Hyper backup, musical accompaniment, support descant, discant a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody vampan improvised musical accompaniment part, voice the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music 2n an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another Syn|Hypo|Hyper attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another backgroundrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 3n the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them Syn|Hypo|Hyper escort convoy the act of escorting while in transit protection the activity of protecting someone or something 4n something added to complete or embellish or make perfect wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish Syn|Hyper complement adjunct something added to another thing but not an essential part of it |
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