| 单词 | bass |
| 释义 | bass (once / 633 pages) 1nadj 2n A bass sound or instrument is the deepest. If a barbershop quartet sings “Happy Birthday” to you, the guy with the lowest voice is singing the bass part. A bass is also a type of saltwater fish. The word bass has two main meanings with separate pronunciations — bass with a high vowel sound (like base) ironically refers to very low sounds — bass instruments and singers are in the lowest part of the musical range, like the low rumble of a bass guitar. If you say bass with a low vowel sound, it's a type of fish. That kind of bass doesn’t add much to a harmony but is delicious with mashed potatoes. WORD FAMILYbass: basses, bassist+/bassist: bassists USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s like the difference between a bass singer and a baritone,” she added. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Federal Trade Commission wants more information on the sporting goods retailer’s sale to rival Bass Pro Shops. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Cabela’s said that it still expects the FTC to clear the Bass Pro purchase in the first half of 2017. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the lowest part of the musical range Hyper pitch the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration 2n the lowest part in polyphonic music Syn|Hypo|Hyper bass part ground bass a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated basso continuo, continuo, figured bass, thorough bassa bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played part, voice the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music 3n the lowest adult male singing voice Syn|Hypo|Hyper bass voice, basso basso profundo a very deep bass voice singing voice the musical quality of the voice while singing 4n an adult male singer with the lowest voice Syn|Hyper basso singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer a person who sings 5n the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments Hypo|Hyper bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass largest and lowest member of the violin family bass guitarthe guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch bass horn, sousaphone, tubathe lowest brass wind instrument bombard, bombardona large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family euphoniuma bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family bombardon, helicona tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician instrument, musical instrument any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds 6adj having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range 2a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice a bass clarinet Syn deep low, low-pitched used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency 1n any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) Syn|Hypo|Hyper freshwater bass largemouth bass flesh of largemouth bass smallmouth bassflesh of smallmouth bass freshwater fish flesh of fish from fresh water used as food 2n the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae Syn|Hypo|Hyper sea bass striped bass, striper caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food 3n nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes Hypo|Hyper freshwater bass North American food and game fish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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