castrato

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 kăsträʹtō

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
    — A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes.
  2. A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
    — As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage.
形容词 adj.
  1. Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. literally,not-comparable
  2. Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun). not-comparable
  3. Originally composed for a castrato. not-comparable
    — Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.

词形变化

castratos plural castrati plural

词汇关系

相关词
castrate castratism contratenor contratenor altus countertenor eunuch sopranista soprano

词源

词源 1
From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).
词源 2
From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).
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