tenor

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛnə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. countable,uncountable
  2. A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. countable,uncountable
  3. A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. archaic,countable,uncountable
  4. The lowest tuned in a ring of bells. countable,uncountable
  5. Tone, as of a conversation. countable,uncountable
    — Colonel Walton, who had striven to check the conversation at moments when he became conscious of its tenor, now gladly engaged his guest on other and more legitimate topics.
  6. duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — It is the conſciouſneſs of this merited approbation and eſteem which is alone capable of ſupporting the agent in this tenour of conduct.
  7. The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed. countable,uncountable
  8. Time to maturity of a bond. countable,uncountable
  9. Stamp; character; nature. countable,uncountable
    — This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
  10. An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument. countable,uncountable
    — Than he shall delyuer to vs a tenour of that he ought to do.
  11. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. countable,uncountable
    — When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor.
  12. A tenor saxophone. colloquial,countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range. not-comparable
    — He has a tenor voice.

词形变化

tenors plural tenour alternative tenour alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
counter-tenor Old Tenor Middle Tenor New Tenor SATB tenor banjo tenor clef tenor drum tenor guitar tenor horn tenorial tenorist tenorless tenorman tenor of the times tenoroon tenor recorder tenor sax tenor saxophone tenor trombone tenor viol
并列词
soprano mezzo-soprano contralto countertenor baritone bass

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“to hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
词源 2
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“to hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
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