| 单词 | crescendo |
| 释义 | crescendo /kri shen"doh, -sen"doh/; It. /krdde shen"daw/, n. , pl. crescendos, crescendi /-dee/, adj., adv., v. n. 1. Music. a. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. b. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. c. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt. 2. a steady increase in force or intensity: The rain fell in a crescendo on the rooftops. 3. the climactic point or moment in such an increase; peak: The authorities finally took action when public outrage reached a crescendo. adj. , adv. 4. gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness (opposed to decrescendo or diminuendo). v.i. 5. to grow in force or loudness. [1770-80; < It: lit., growing < L crescendum, ger. of crescere to grow; see CRESCENT] Ant. 1. diminuendo. |
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