Octave
['ɒktɪv] or ['ɑktɪv]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.
(noun.) a musical interval of eight tones.
(noun.) a feast day and the seven days following it.
艾德蒙編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
(n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.
(n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
(n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
(a.) Consisting of eight; eight.
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解釋/意思:
adj. eight: consisting of eight.—n. an eighth: that which consists of eight: the eighth day after a church festival counting the feast-day itself as the first: the period between a festival and its octave: (mus.) an eighth or an interval of twelve semitones: the eighth part of a pipe of wine.
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例句/造句/用法:
- If the string is made to vibrate in two parts, it gives forth two notes, the fundamental, and a note one octave higher than the fundamental; this is called the first overtone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- According to Octave Chanute there was in Europe in 1889 utter disagreement and confusion in reference to fundamental questions of aerodynamics. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Referring to Section 263, we see that the interval between C and E is 320/256, or 5/4, and the interval between C and C' is 512/256, or 2; the interval between any note and its octave is 2. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The pitch of a note emitted by an open pipe is one octave higher than that of a closed pipe of equal length. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Hence, the vibrating string produces two sensations, that of the fundamental note and of its octave. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Are we perhaps like a child whose hand is too small to span an octave on the piano? 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The violoncello, because of the length and thickness of its strings, is pitched a whole octave lower than the violin; otherwise it is similar. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The successive notes in one octave of the musical scale are related as follows:-- |Key of C |C |D |E |F |G |A |B |C' | |No. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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