descant

• vi. 唱歌；评论
• n. 曲调；评论；歌曲
• adj. 最高音的

des-, 分开，散开，同dis-. -cant, 唱，吟唱，词源同chant, cantata. 原义为对唱，对和，后指高于主旋律的曲调。

1. a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

descant

descant: [14] Etymologically, descant is a parallel formation to English part song. English acquired it via Old French deschant from medieval Latin discantus ‘refrain’, a compound noun formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and cantus ‘song’. The notion originally underlying it is of a separate vocal line ‘apart’ from the main musical theme. The Middle English form of the word was deschaunt; descant represents a partial 16th-century reversion to Latin discantus.
=> canto, chant

descant (n.)

late 14c., from Old North French descant (Old French deschant), from Medieval Latin discantus "refrain, part-song," from Latin dis- "asunder, apart" (see dis-) + cantus "song" (see chant). Spelling was partly Latinized 16c. Originally "counterpoint."

descant (v.)

mid-15c.; see descant (n.). Sense of "to comment at length" is first attested 1640s.

An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.

一位双臂交叉的老妇人演唱了高音部。

柯林斯例句

You need not descant upon my shortcomings.

你不必絮说我的缺点.

辞典例句

She is catching cold today, so she can't descant on the tune.

她今天感冒了, 不能唱高声卸.

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He is going to descant on the theme of our human mystery.

他将在人类奥秘这个主题上作详细的评论.

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The girl singers were asked to descant on the tune.

请女歌手们唱这支歌曲.

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The girl students were asked to descant on the tune.

女生们被要求唱高音部分.

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He is going to descant on the beauties of the scene.

他将详述风景的.

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The boy singers were asked to descant on the tune.

要求男孩子们唱高音部分.

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He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table ( James Boswell )

他过去常常对端上桌的菜肴大加批评 ( 詹姆斯博斯韦尔 )

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