alto
英 ['æltəʊ]
美 ['ælto]
- n. 女低音；男聲最高音；中音樂器
- adj. 中音部的
- n. (Alto)人名；(芬、葡)阿爾托
助記提示
1. 來源於意大利的單詞基本上都是以-o結尾，並且它們基本上都表示與音樂相關的含義，因為現代音樂基本上可以說是發源於意大利或者說深受其影響，從古羅馬到近代的意大利文藝複興。
2. alt- + -o (意大利語後綴).
3. Originally a "high" man's voice, now more commonly applied to the lower range of women's voices (which is more strictly the contralto).
4. 應該說是因為男高音和女低音發的音具有一定的相似性，由此才擴展引申出女低音。
中文詞源
alto 男聲最高音，女聲最低音來自詞根alt, 高。
英文詞源
- alto (n.)
- 1784, "man with an alto voice," from Italian alto (canto), from Latin altus "high" (see old). Originally a "high" man's voice, now more commonly applied to the lower range of women's voices (which is more strictly the contralto), an extension first recorded in 1881.
The alto in a man is totally distinct from the contralto in a woman. The tone is utterly different -- the best notes of the one are certainly not the best notes of the other; and although in certain cases a contralto may sing with good effect music written for a male alto (e.g. in some oratorios), yet the converse is scarcely ever true. ["How to Sing," 1890]
As a type of saxophone, from 1869.
雙語例句
- 1. The four parts in singing are soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
- 唱歌的四個聲部是女高音 、 女低音 、 男高音和男低音.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. In the recording I have today, it is sung by a male alto.
- 我今天帶的唱片是由一位男高音歌手唱的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The restaurant is operated by the Palo Alto Auxiliary for the benefit of the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital.
- 這家餐廳由帕洛阿爾托附院經營，收益用來資助露西爾·帕卡德兒童醫院。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jerry Cain coached the team from Stanford University in Alto, California.
- 傑瑞.該隱是參賽的加州帕洛阿爾托斯坦福大學隊教練.
來自互聯網
- 5. The snow reprints it, as it were, in clear white type alto - relievo.
- 可以說, 雪花用清楚的白色的浮雕又把它印刷出來了.
來自互聯網