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Timbre Quality Sound French Greek Timbə N.音色,音质 英

单词 timbre
音标 ['timbə]
解释 n.音色,音质
红宝书 【英】 n.音色,音质(the quality given to a sound by its overtones)
【例】 The singer's voice had a pleasant timbre.
字源 timbre (n.)
"characteristic quality of a musical sound," 1849, from French timbre "quality of a sound," earlier "sound of a bell," from Old French, "bell without a clapper," originally "small drum," probably via Medieval Greek *timbanon, from Greek tympanon "kettledrum" (see tympanum). Timbre was used in Old French (13c.) and Middle English (14c.) to render Latin tympanum in Ps. 150.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】farmer用hammer 敲timber听听音质就知道木材质量好坏,然后再砍

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