bass

• n. 鲈鱼；男低音；低音部；椴树
• adj. 低音的
• n. (Bass)人名；(英、法、德、俄、罗、捷、马里、匈)巴斯

词源同base, 低。

来自PIE *bhars, 刺，同bristle, 刺毛，硬毛。指该鱼鱼鳞上的尖刺。

1. the lowest part of the musical range

2. the lowest part in polyphonic music

3. an adult male singer with the lowest voice

4. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

5. any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

6. the lowest adult male singing voice

7. the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

8. nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

bass

bass: Bass the fish [15] and bass the musical term [15] are of course completely unrelated words, with different pronunciations. Bass meaning ‘of the lowest register’ is simply a modified spelling of the adjective base, under the influence of Italian basso. Related words are bassoon [18], from French basson, and basset-horn [19], a partial translation of Italian corno di bassetto, literally ‘bass horn’.

The bass is a spiny-finned fish, and it may be that its name is related to Old English byrst ‘bristle’. The Old English term for the fish was bærs, which survived dialectally until the 19th century in the form barse, and it is thought that it goes back to a Germanic base *bars- (source of German barsch); this may be cognate with *bors-, from which Old English byrst came.

In the 15th century, barse underwent some sort of phonetic mutation to produce bass.
=> base, bassoon

bass (adj.)

late 14c., of things, "low, not high," from Late Latin bassus "short, low" (see base (adj.)). Meaning "low in social scale or rank" is recorded from late 14c. Of voices and music notes, from mid-15c. (technically, ranging from the E flat below the bass stave to the F above it), infuenced by Italian basso. Meaning "lowest part of a harmonized musical composition" is from mid-15c. Meaning "bass-viol" is from 1702; that of "double-bass" is from 1927.

bass (n.)

freshwater fish, c. 1400 corruption of Middle English baers, from Old English bærs "a fish, perch," from Proto-Germanic base *bars- "sharp" (cognates: Middle Dutch baerse, Middle High German bars, German Barsch "perch," German barsch "rough"), from PIE root *bhar- "point, bristle" (see bristle (n.)). The fish was so called for its dorsal fins. For loss of -r-, see ass (n.2).

What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

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This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light

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He always plays his stereo with the bass turned right up.

他放立体声音响时总把低音调得很大。

牛津词典

He sings bass.

他唱低音。

牛津词典

a pounding bass line

深沉有力的歌声

牛津词典

a bass player

低音电吉他手

牛津词典

bass and drums

低音电吉他和鼓的合奏

牛津词典

Jackie Carrera on (= playing) bass.

由杰基·卡雷拉演奏低音吉他。

牛津词典

a bass voice

低音部

牛津词典

the bass clef (= the symbol in music showing that the notes following it are low)

低音谱号

牛津词典

the bass clef (= the symbol in music showing that the notes following it are low)

低音谱号

牛津词典

He always plays his stereo with the bass turned right up.

他放立体声音响时总把低音调得很大。

牛津词典

He sings bass.

他唱低音。

牛津词典

a pounding bass line

深沉有力的歌声

牛津词典

a bass player

低音电吉他手

牛津词典

bass and drums

低音电吉他和鼓的合奏

牛津词典

Jackie Carrera on (= playing) bass.

由杰基·卡雷拉演奏低音吉他。

牛津词典

a bass voice

低音部

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They unloaded their catch of cod and bass.

他们把捕到的鳕鱼和鲈鱼卸下来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the great Russian bass Chaliapin.

伟大的俄罗斯男低音歌唱家夏利亚宾

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...bass guitarist Dee Murray.

低音吉他手迪伊·默里

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They had a bass and a piano and a sax and percussion.

他们有一把低音吉他、一架钢琴、一管萨克斯和打击乐器。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Dave Ranson on bass and Kenneth Blevins on drums...

戴夫·兰森弹低音吉他，肯尼思·布莱文斯打鼓

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...larger models which will then give more bass and a higher fidelity sound.

能够听到更多低音和高保真音效的更大的型号

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Chuck Bass , I love you.

你此时此刻必须流下来.

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I'd love the Sea Bass, but can I have it with a simple white wine sauce?

我想吃海鲈, 但可否帮我把海鲈搭配简单的白酒酱汁?

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A chord of C major with E in the bass is in the 1 st inversion.

用E做最低音的C大调主和弦是第一转位.

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The bass clarinet forms a solid bass for the woodwind group.

低音单簧管在木管乐组中形成浓重的低音.

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A loudspeaker designed to reproduce bass frequencies.

增加再现声音的振幅.

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Bass bogey with cattle sheep oil, cheese and Chinese medicine Nepeta with food.

鲈鱼忌与牛羊油 、 奶酷和中药荆芥同食.

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The bass octave can only be sung by a male voice.

低音部八度和音只能由男声来唱.

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