| 单词 | crescendo |
| 释义 | Related topics: Musiccre·scen·do /krəˈʃendəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural crescendos) [countable] 1 APMif a sound or a piece of music rises to a crescendo, it gradually becomes louder until it is very loud 〔声音的〕最高点；〔音乐的〕渐强；高潮 OPP diminuendo The shouting rose to a deafening crescendo. 喊叫声越来越响，到了震耳欲聋的强度。 The curtains opened as the music reached a crescendo. 当音乐到达高潮时，大幕拉开了。2 INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCif an activity or feeling reaches a crescendo, it gradually becomes stronger until it is very strong 〔活动或感情的〕高潮，顶点 SYN climax The campaign reached its crescendo in the week of the election. 竞选活动在大选的那一周达到了高潮。Examples from the Corpuscrescendo• It reached a crescendo, though, in December with altercations at the Lindale center and at the Moose Lodge.• The mood on campus is building to a crescendo of excitement.• For the next 300 million years, the outpouring of magma built toward a crescendo.• Normally, we see this ability reaching an early crescendo between four and six months.• They seem to rise in a brief but sometimes piercing crescendo from the area of the stairwell at Cumnor Place.• Where was the promised crescendo they asked themselves?• Ari lazily observed its ripening crescendo.• The event was the crescendo of a century of history on the Great Plains.reached a crescendo• The clamour reached a crescendo last year when the full extent of the problems relating to the Solicitors Indemnity Fund emerged.• The violins had reached a crescendo.• It reached a crescendo, though, in December with altercations at the Lindale center and at the Moose Lodge.• When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season, the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo.Origin crescendo (1700-1800) Italian “growing”, from Latin crescendum, from crescere; → CRESCENTcre·scen·do nounChineseSyllable of a music a Corpus to rises sound piece if a or |
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