recitative
/res-i-tey-tiv, ri-sahy-tuh-/US // ˈrɛs ɪˌteɪ tɪv, rɪˈsaɪ tə- //UK // (ˌrɛsɪtəˈtiːv) //
朗诵,朗诵会,诵读,吟诵
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : pertaining to or of the nature of recital.
Examples
It may be compared with the invention of recitative in the beginning of the seventeenth century.
The recitative is given with increased vigor, and the chorus swells with increasing volume.
The piece frequently commences with a recitative by one voice, and at the end of the first line the chorus joins.
Then Mrs. Jack Evarts whispered so audibly to a man at her side that she broke in upon Margaret's clear recitative.
The reading of each couplet by the minister before it was sung seemed to him a sort of recitative.
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