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mezzo-relievo

/met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-/US // ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- //UK // (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ) //

Mezzo-Relievo-Relievo

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos [met-soh-ri-lee-vohz, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]. /ˈmɛt soʊ rɪˈli voʊz, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-/.

    • : sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.

Examples

  • Before taking on the role, Racette talked it over with her wife, mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton.

  • Truth and sincerity staring out upon you perpetually in alto relievo.

  • The inner apartments are much the same as the portico, all covered with figures in basso relievo.

  • Why should not the child form a concept of forte and piano, and so get away from the deadly monotony of mezzo?

  • He married in 1863 the mezzo soprano singer, Amalie Weiss, who died in 1899.

  • The mezzo termine can only be maintained by armed force—in fact, by conquest!