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tenor n.男高音；要点，要旨 tenor (n.) c.1300, "general meaning, prevailing course, purpose, drift," from Old French tenor "substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music" (13c. Modern French teneur), from Latin tenorem (nominative tenor) "a course," originally "continuance, uninterrupted course, a holding on," from tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The musical sense of "high male voice" is attested from late 14c. in English, so-called because the sustained melody (canto fermo) was carried by the tenor's part. Meaning "singer with a tenor voice" is from late 15c. As an adjective in this sense from 1520s. 【记】与tender 同源；ten + or 高十度的音；音：太闹，男高音太闹；ten + or 人或物 十点，是要旨

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['tenə] 【英】 n.男高音(the highest natural male singing voice)；要点，要旨(purport)【记】 ten(握住)+or→握住 的东西→要点; 例: the tenor of a speech(讲话的要点)【例】 the tenor of a speech(讲话的要点) n. 男高音; 要点, 要旨【记】ten拿, or－要拿住的东西－要点ten拿, or－拿住高音的人－男高音

单词	tenor
音标	['tenə]
解释	n.男高音；要点，要旨
红宝书	【英】 n.男高音(the highest natural male singing voice)；要点，要旨(purport) 【记】 ten(握住)+or→握住的东西→要点; 例: the tenor of a speech(讲话的要点) 【例】 the tenor of a speech(讲话的要点)
字源	tenor (n.) c.1300, "general meaning, prevailing course, purpose, drift," from Old French tenor "substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music" (13c. Modern French teneur), from Latin tenorem (nominative tenor) "a course," originally "continuance, uninterrupted course, a holding on," from tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The musical sense of "high male voice" is attested from late 14c. in English, so-called because the sustained melody (canto fermo) was carried by the tenor's part. Meaning "singer with a tenor voice" is from late 15c. As an adjective in this sense from 1520s.
不择手段背单词	n. 男高音; 要点, 要旨【记】ten拿, or－要拿住的东西－要点ten拿, or－拿住高音的人－男高音
趣味全助记	【记】与tender 同源；ten + or 高十度的音；音：太闹，男高音太闹；ten + or 人或物十点，是要旨

Tenor Male Speech(讲话的要点 Meaning French Sense Voice Late