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单词 melody
释义 mel·o·dy
I. \ˈmelədē, -di\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English melodie, from Old French, from Late Latin melodia, from Greek melōidia chanting, singing, choral song, music, from melos limb, musical phrase, melody, song + -ōidia (from aeidein to sing); akin to Breton mell joint, articulation, Cornish mel, Welsh cymal joint, articulation, Tocharian A & Tocharian B mälk to fit together, Sanskrit marman limb of the body — more at ode
1. : a sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds : musical qualitytunefulness
 < lulled with sound of sweetest melody — Shakespeare >
2.
 a.
  (1) : a rhythmically organized and meaningful succession of single musical notes or tones having a definite relationship one with the other and forming an esthetic whole
  (2) : the melodic unit so formed
 b. : a musical line as it appears on the staff when viewed horizontally — compare harmony, rhythm
 c. : the chief or principal part in a harmonic composition (as the cantus firmus)
3. : something (as color in a painting) likened to or exhibiting a quality suggestive of musical melody
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
: to make melody : sing
transitive verb
: to make melody of
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