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单词 music
释义 mu·sic
I. \ˈmyüzik, -zēk\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikē, any art presided over by the Muses, especially music, from feminine of mousikos of the Muses, musical, from Mousa Muse + -ikos -ic — more at muse
1.
 a. : the science or art of incorporating pleasing, expressive, or intelligible combinations of vocal or instrumental tones into a composition having definite structure and continuity
  < music as … a combination of rhythm, melody, harmony, and counterpoint, has existed less than a thousand years — Deems Taylor >
 b. : vocal or instrumental sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony
  < music of a choir >
  < music of a hurdy-gurdy >
2.
 a. : an agreeable sound that is likened to a musical composition : euphony
  < music of the nightingale >
  < the morning on the water has sharpened our appetites, and the sizzling and spluttering below is music in our ears — T.C.Roughley >
 specifically : the cry of hounds at sight of the game
 b. : an unpleasant medley of sound : racket, din
  < the stairwell echoed the music of clashing swords >
 especially : a reprimand or legal prosecution for a misdeed
  < urged the hunted man to give himself up and face the music >
 c. : a quality of expression or movement characterized by tonal harmony or rhythmical grace
  < to him two blending thoughts give a music perceptible as two blending notes of a lute — Ezra Pound >
  < the music of lovingly orchestrated words — Saturday Review >
  < a purely abstract language of form — a visual music — Roger Fry >
  < women with 107 waists of agile music — Dudley Fitts >
 d. : spiritual impulse or animation
  < that sad and universal music which stirs when we look back upon our youth — V.S.Pritchett >
  < the music of her own happiness — Helen Howe >
  < the sweet music of free institutions — A.E.Stevenson †1965 >
3.
 a. obsolete : a piece of music composed or performed
  < I have assailed her with musics — Shakespeare >
 b. : a musical accompaniment
  < a play set to music >
4.
 a. : a musical ensemble — now used chiefly of a military band
  < another field music, equipped with drums, cymbals, horns … played with great abandon — G.S.Patton >
 b. chiefly dialect : a musical instrument
  < fetch your music into the house — Vance Randolph & G.P.Wilson >
5.
 a. : the score of a musical composition set down on paper
  < leafed through the music >
 b. : a recorded performance of a musical composition
  < stacked the hi-fi with soft music >
II. verb
(musicked ; musicked ; musicking ; musics)
intransitive verb
: to compose or perform music
 < the man could talk in Latin, music, mime — J.C.Ransom >
transitive verb
1. archaic : to instruct in music
2. : to express in or set to music
 < musics every jingle and clash and call — John Collier b.1901 >
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