| 单词 | counterpoint |
| 释义 | counterpoint /kown"teuhr poynt'/, n. 1. Music. the art of combining melodies. 2. Music. the texture resulting from the combining of individual melodic lines. 3. a melody composed to be combined with another melody. 4. Also called counterpoint rhythm. Pros. syncopation (def. 2). 5. any element that is juxtaposed and contrasted with another. v.t. 6. to emphasize or clarify by contrast or juxtaposition. [1400-50; late ME < MF contrepoint, trans. of ML (cantus) contrapunctus lit., (song) pointed or pricked against, referring to notes of an accompaniment written over or under the notes of a plainsong. See COUNTER-, POINT] |
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