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mezzo-soprano

/met-soh-suh-pran-oh, -prah-noh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-/US // ˈmɛt soʊ səˈpræn oʊ, -ˈprɑ noʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ- //

女中音歌唱家,女中音,中女高音,男中音

Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural mez·zo-so·pran·os, mez·zo-so·pran·i [met-soh-suh-pran-ee, -prah-nee, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]. /ˈmɛt soʊ səˈpræn i, -ˈprɑ ni, ˈmɛd zoʊ-, ˈmɛz oʊ-/.

    • : a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
    • : a person having such a voice.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable to a mezzo-soprano.

Examples

  • Anti-hero status, as enjoyed by Tony Soprano and Walter White, is typically a male property.

  • The landscape looks something like the marsh behind the Toys ‘R’ Us where Tony Soprano might bury a body in Jersey.

  • Someone with a lovely soprano voice was singing me “Happy Birthday.”

  • Tony Soprano used to pick up copies of it in his fictional driveway.

  • How is Walter White different from someone like, say, Tony Soprano?

  • Once he learnt, with his aunt, the exceedingly florid duet in Semiramide, and sang the soprano part admirably.

  • He boasted of having "made a soprano out of Zambinella" and disclosed the fact to Sarrasine that this creature was not a woman.

  • He can if he like make himself a soprano, and sing for hire;—and probably that is the real goal for him.

  • Susy Clemens went to Paris to cultivate her voice, a rare soprano, with a view to preparing for the operatic stage.

  • A splendid soprano voice was ringing through the room, singing, "Hear me, Norma."