contrabass
/kon-truh-beys/US // ˈkɒn trəˌbeɪs //UK // (ˌkɒntrəˈbeɪs) //
低音提琴,单簧管,低音大提琴,低音提琴手
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the member below the bass.
- : the double bass.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or characteristic of such instruments: a contrabass trombone.
Examples
As a contrabass to the rhythm of the blacksmiths hammer, the booming murmur of the sea trembled across the summer air.
Down the shaded street the metallic rhythm of the anvil was breaking through the contrabass of the surf.
The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.
The tone was pleasant and full, but not powerful enough for the contrabass register in a military band.
Darwin had the contrabass played to an audience of sprouting garden-beans, in order to observe the effect of music on vegetation.
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