crescendo

英 [krəˈʃendəʊ]

美 [krəˈʃendoʊ]

n.  (音乐的)渐强; 逐渐增强的喧闹声; 持续噪声的最高点

复数：crescendos　现在分词：crescendoing　过去式：crescendoed　第三人称单数：crescendoes　过去分词：crescendoed　

GRE

BNC.18725 / COCA.16560

牛津词典

noun

• （音乐的）渐强
  a gradual increase in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung
• 逐渐增强的喧闹声；持续噪声的最高点
  a gradual increase in noise; the loudest point of a period of continuous noise
  1. Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out.
     人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
  2. The advertising campaign reached a crescendo just before Christmas.
     圣诞节前夕，广告攻势达到了高潮。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 逐渐增强的喧闹声;噪声的最高点
  Acrescendois a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also usecrescendoto refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
  1. She spoke in a crescendo: 'You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!'...
     她嗓门越来越高地说道：“你是个坏女孩！你是个妖女！你是个魔鬼！”
  2. The crescendo of noise was continuous...
     噪声越来越大。
  3. The applause rose to a crescendo and cameras clicked.
     掌声雷动，照相机咔嚓咔嚓响个不停。
• N-COUNT 最大强度;渐强;顶点
  People sometimes describe an increase in the intensity of something, or its most intense point, as acrescendo.
  1. There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism...
     来自议会和新闻界的批评越来越多。
  2. And now the story reaches a crescendo.
     现在故事进行到了高潮。
• (音乐的)渐强部分，高潮
  In music, acrescendois a section of a piece of music in which the music gradually gets louder and louder.

英英释义

noun

• (music) a gradual increase in loudness

verb

• grow louder
  1. The music crescendoes here

adj

• gradually increasing in volume

双语例句

• No big wrap-up, no final crescendo to send us off with a sense of purpose.
  没有好好的总结一下，没有逐渐推到顶峰，让我们意犹未尽。
• The third movement of the symphony ends in a climactic crescendo.
  交响乐的第三乐章在激动的高潮中结束。
• The clamour in the press was reaching a crescendo.
  报界的鼓噪正趋于高潮。
• At first it was a soft and gentle sound, but as his voice rose in crescendo, it became a beautiful and powerful song.
  最初，那是一阵轻柔而温和的声音，但随着嗓音渐渐变强，变成了一段悦耳又充满力量的歌声。
• Grief seems to reach a crescendo in Roka as a visitor walks down the main dirt road: Five minutes from the temple is a cluster of houses where 16 members of an extended family were infected.
  在罗卡，当你走在主干道的土路上时，悲伤的感觉会步步加深：从寺庙走过五分钟，你会看到一片房子，居住在那里的一个大家族有16名成员感染了HIV。
• My personal drama reached its crescendo when a US embassy official in Moscow tested me for radioactive poisoning.
  当美国驻莫斯科大使馆的一位官员对我进行放射性中毒检测，我自己的戏剧性经历也抵达了高潮。
• And now the story reaches a crescendo.
  现在故事进行到了高潮。
• I will not be totally satisfied until I know you're at the right angle at the right time, to capture a crescendo of emotion that happens so quickly, so spontaneously.
  情绪是最自然、也最转瞬即逝的东西。我必须知道你在最好的时间选择了最好的角度去抓住那些情绪的高潮，否则我就无法完全满意。
• The back half of the song offers a classic MJ crescendo, with the gospel choir providing the lift and communal strength the woman needs to keep going.
  歌曲的后半部分是典型的MJ式的渐强音，伴随福音合唱团，给予她前行的鼓舞和社会支持力量。
• Crescendo has created a beautiful European inspired masterpiece that is in perfect harmony with its surroundings.
  样板房创造了一个美丽的欧洲风格创意的杰作，那就在于它与周围环境的完美和谐。