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diminuendo

/dih-min-yoo-en-doh/US // dɪˌmɪn yuˈɛn doʊ //UK // (dɪˌmɪnjʊˈɛndəʊ) music //

渐弱,渐变,递减,渐衰期

Related Words

depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少extenuation延伸,延伸性,扩音,延长attenuation衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角regression回归,回落,回退retrenchment缩减,裁员,缩减开支,缩水

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : gradually reducing in force or loudness; decrescendo.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural di·min·u·en·does.

    • : a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
    • : a diminuendo passage. Symbol:>

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indiminishment
Synonyms
attenuation衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少extenuation延伸,延伸性,扩音,延长regression回归,回落,回退retrenchment缩减,裁员,缩减开支,缩水

Examples

  • He could be heard fumbling with the reins at the gate, and then the sound of hoofs came in diminuendo as he rode away.

  • The office people gave it to me, and never do I look but with a shiver at this dumb record in diminuendo of agony and sacrifice.

  • He used to suggest a diminuendo by crouching down more and more, and at a pianissimo he would almost creep under the desk.

  • The sonorous tones of the Chinese gong, manipulated with so cunning a crescendo and diminuendo by Lind, boomed through the house.

  • The sound did not die away entirely in its slow diminuendo until the mules had passed the range six miles to the west.

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