sotto voce

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃeɪ/    美 /ˌsɑtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/|/-tʃeɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A direction in a score that a passage in a piece should be played softly, or sung in a low voice, when applied to vocal music.
形容词 adj.
  1. In soft tones; quiet. not-comparable
    — Then a man called for her, and began to make coarse jokes. But Mr. Pappleworth nodded his head in the direction of the boy, and the talk went on sotto voce.
  2. Soft, instruments or voice. not-comparable
副词 adv.
  1. Quietly. not-comparable
    — "I am not your dear; I cannot lie down. Send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here." I will indeed send her to school soon," murmured Mrs. Reed sotto voce; and gathering up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment.
  2. Sung or played softly, instruments or voice. not-comparable

词形变化

sotto voci plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Italian sottovoce (literally “under [the] voice”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Italian sottovoce (literally “under [the] voice”).
词源 3
Borrowed from Italian sottovoce (literally “under [the] voice”).
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