Chord
[kɔːd] or [kɔrd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together.
(noun.) a straight line connecting two points on a curve.
(verb.) play chords on (a string instrument).
整理:温弗雷德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The string of a musical instrument.
(n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
(n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
(n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
(n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
(v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
手打:南希
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. String (of a musical instrument).[2]. Harmonious tones.[3]. (Geom.) Right line uniting the extremities of an arc.
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解釋/意思:
n. (mus.) the simultaneous and harmonious union of sounds of a different pitch.—The Common chord is a note with its third and perfect fifth reckoned upwards.
n. the string of a musical instrument: (fig.) of the emotions: (geom.) a straight line joining the extremities of an arc: a straight line joining any two points in the curve of a circle ellipse &c.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- For example, the sid e of a hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius, and is the chord of 60°, or of the sixth part of the circle. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The appeal of her helplessness touched in him, as it always did, a latent chord of inclination. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It was a feeling which he had seen before in his mother; but no chord within vibrated to it. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The sound had a responsive chord in the bosom of Clara. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It was like a long-drawn chord of a church organ, infinitely softened by distance. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Therefore, if it had depended upon me to touch the prevailing chord among them with any skill, I should have made a poor hand of it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It plained of its gaping wounds, its inward bleeding, its riven chords. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She struck a few chords--then glanced round at me--then looked back again at her music. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You will see how he will draw the English power and melody out of its chords. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And he told me, he said, playing little chords where I shall put full stops, The Coavinses had left. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- And her throat was beautifully, so beautifully soft, save that, within, he could feel the slippery chords of her life. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This Mr. Guppy resents as a liberty, retorting, Jobling, there ARE chords in the human mind-- Jobling begs pardon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As I laid my hand on the door opposite, I heard a few plaintive chords struck on the piano in the room within. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Then inside the cave he could hear the gypsy starting to sing and the soft chording of a guitar. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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