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sonority

/suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor-/US // səˈnɔr ɪ ti, -ˈnɒr- //

音色,声乐,声波,声学

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural so·nor·i·ties.

    • : the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.

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Examples

  • The first three movements are the best; the only charm of the fourth being its sonority, for the musical contents are poor.

  • It does not possess the rough gravity of the Spanish, and has too few of the i's and e's that soften the sonority of the Italian.

  • The hymn began to repeat itself, the individual words lost in the sonority of the hall.

  • From the phonetic point of view we may think of words and groups of words as consisting of a series of sounds of varying sonority.

  • We may indicate the sonority very roughly by lines; if we connect their top ends, we shall obtain a curve.