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crescendo

/kri-shen-doh, -sen-doh; Italian kre-shen-daw/US // krɪˈʃɛn doʊ, -ˈsɛn doʊ; Italian krɛˈʃɛn dɔ //UK // (krɪˈʃɛndəʊ) //

渐强,渐变,渐进,渐进式

Related Words

upsurge飙升,热潮,高潮,激增escalation升级,逐步升级,逐步提升,逐步上升building建筑物,建筑,大楼,楼房culmination高潮,顶点,高峰,顶峰elevation抬高,抬头,抬升,仰角zenith天顶,天顶峰,顶点,顶峰apex顶部,顶,顶点,顶峰rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨surge激增,浪涌,澎湃,汹涌澎湃summit峰会,顶峰,巅峰时刻,巅峰之作peak峰值,高峰期,峰顶,巅峰时期ascension升天,升华,升腾,飞升pinnacle巅峰,巅峰之作,巅峰时刻,巅峰期climb攀爬,攀登,攀升,攀攀crest徽章,峰顶,徽记,鸡冠intensification强化,加剧,激化,加强critical mass临界质量,关键质量,临界量,临界值

Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural cre·scen·dos, cre·scen·di [kri-shen-dee, -sen-dee; Italian kre-shen-dee]. /krɪˈʃɛn di, -ˈsɛn di; Italian krɛˈʃɛn di/.

    • : Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force.a musical passage characterized by such an increase.the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
    • : a steady increase in force or intensity: The rain fell in a crescendo on the rooftops.
    • : the climactic point or moment in such an increase; peak: The authorities finally took action when public outrage reached a crescendo.
  1. 1
    • : gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to grow in force or loudness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounincrease to climax
Synonyms
escalation升级,逐步升级,逐步提升,逐步上升upsurge飙升,热潮,高潮,激增apex顶部,顶,顶点,顶峰ascension升天,升华,升腾,飞升building建筑物,建筑,大楼,楼房climb攀爬,攀登,攀升,攀攀crest徽章,峰顶,徽记,鸡冠culmination高潮,顶点,高峰,顶峰elevation抬高,抬头,抬升,仰角intensification强化,加剧,激化,加强peak峰值,高峰期,峰顶,巅峰时期pinnacle巅峰,巅峰之作,巅峰时刻,巅峰期rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨summit峰会,顶峰,巅峰时刻,巅峰之作surge激增,浪涌,澎湃,汹涌澎湃zenith天顶,天顶峰,顶点,顶峰critical mass临界质量,关键质量,临界量,临界值

Examples

  • The heat will begin to manifest itself in abnormally high temperatures Saturday before becoming entrenched Sunday and reaching a crescendo Monday.

  • Music swells, crescendos, and then it ends — opening the door for something new.

  • Mobile-first has been a priority of Google’s for years as the beat of the user experience drum has grown to a crescendo.

  • That’s what the researchers were really trying to get at by now, as the study reached its crescendo.

  • The sermon reaches a singsong crescendo with Huling in an Ozzy Osbourne rock-star crouch screaming into the microphone.

  • When things reached the ludicrous crescendo of the finale—when neither story made sense—my heart sank.

  • “It is only loyal to the Iranian leadership,” he concludes with a crescendo.

  • Global attention and anger about the kidnapping, after a slow start, is now reaching a thunderous crescendo.

  • The chants grew louder before reaching an eardrum-piercing crescendo when the 2013 Arab Idol glided on stage.

  • The nearly half-decade movement to repeal and replace the medical device tax reached a crescendo on Tuesday.

  • The words dropped from her lips in a sibilous 184 crescendo as her blood drove her to a display of emotion.

  • Now it was plain enough, and began swelling from a purring rattle to the crescendo of an approaching wind storm.

  • As the drum began to beat the tattoo and the bugle to rise on a crescendo of lovely notes, soldiers swarmed toward the barracks.

  • The usual cry is a crescendo ku-il, ku-il, ku-il, which to Indian ears is very sweet-sounding.

  • And it is a mutual crescendo between the 'perfidious Seckendorf' and them; without work done.

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