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falsetto

/fawl-set-oh/US // fɔlˈsɛt oʊ //UK // (fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ) //

假声,假声唱法,假声合唱,假声部

Related Words

singer歌手alto中音,阿尔托,阿尔托语,中音部countertenor反唱机,反唱者,反唱,反语者treble高音,高音部,高音的,高音质descant降音符,降语,降调,降调词coloratura色拉,花腔,彩铃,色狼strident尖锐的,尖锐,强硬的,尖锐的声音stridulate咝咝作响,嘶哑的声音,咝咝声,嘶嘶声stridulous滔滔不绝,滔滔不绝的,滔滔不绝地讲,滔滔不绝地

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fal·set·tos.

    • : an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
    • : a person, especially a man, who sings with such a voice.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, noting, or having the quality and compass of such a voice.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a falsetto.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insqueaky
Synonyms
strident尖锐的,尖锐,强硬的,尖锐的声音stridulate咝咝作响,嘶哑的声音,咝咝声,嘶嘶声stridulous滔滔不绝,滔滔不绝的,滔滔不绝地讲,滔滔不绝地
as intenor
Synonyms
alto中音,阿尔托,阿尔托语,中音部countertenor反唱机,反唱者,反唱,反语者
as insoprano
Synonyms
singer歌手coloratura色拉,花腔,彩铃,色狼descant降音符,降语,降调,降调词treble高音,高音部,高音的,高音质

Examples

  • While many of IU’s tracks are sung in a weightier fashion, her singing here is airy and delicate —whether in the soft falsetto or the whispery ooh’s that fill the post-chorus.

  • He made his first digital splashes back in 2011 as a mystery man, refusing to assign a name or face to his voice — a floating, yearning falsetto that sounded like it was trying to escape the loneliness of living inside the body that had produced it.

  • Fans of Earth, Wind & Fire need only hear a few notes of Philip Bailey’s iconic falsetto before they start to swoon, sway and sing along.

  • They wrote big songs with big falsetto choruses designed for big sing-alongs in big stadiums.

  • And he starts to sing it, filling the room with his sweet, fragile tenor, shifting to a falsetto that cuts straight to the heart.

  • Unlike his falsetto and his "cool dad" penchant for fedoras, this rumored affair is just so not cute.

  • His three-octave falsetto was also used to good advantage in Mars Attacks!

  • That high falsetto is frighteningly convincing, which raises the question: could a man really have pulled it off?

  • "Well, if it ain't ole Turkeyneck in person," he called in a high falsetto voice, as the two entered.

  • At last his companion had got into the habit of looking up at him whenever he cried in a falsetto voice, "Mignonne."

  • The trolley-wire, lifting a whole city home to supper, is a giant with a falsetto voice.

  • After the squalling falsetto had implored for a long time, the assailant at last gave over the exercise.

  • The employment of the Falsetto at any time, either in speaking or reading, is of doubtful taste.

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