instrumental

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The instrumental case.
  2. A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals.
    — I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent […]
  3. A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
形容词 adj.
  1. Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
    — He was instrumental in conducting the business.
  2. Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
    — Maxwell started back to his study, feeling that kind of satisfaction which a man feels when he has been even partly instrumental in finding an unemployed person a remunerative position.
  3. Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
    — instrumental music
  4. Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
    — the instrumental case

词形变化

more instrumental comparative most instrumental superlative instrumentals plural

词汇关系

反义词
noninstrumental
衍生词
instrumental error instrumentalisation instrumentalism instrumentalist instrumentality instrumentalize instrumentally instrumentalness instrumental rationality instrumental version instrumental width instrumentive uninstrumental
相关词
instrument
并列词
vocal a cappella

词源

词源 1
From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, equivalent to instrument + -al.
词源 2
From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, equivalent to instrument + -al.
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