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soprano

/suh-pran-oh, -prah-noh/US // səˈpræn oʊ, -ˈprɑ noʊ //UK // (səˈprɑːnəʊ) //

女高音歌唱家,女高音,高音,男高音

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural so·pran·os.

    • : the uppermost part or voice.
    • : the highest singing voice in women and boys.
    • : a part for such a voice.
    • : a singer with such a voice.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a soprano; having the compass of a soprano.

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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."