timbre

英 [ˈtæmbə(r)]

美 [ˈtæmbər]

n.  音质; 音色; 音品

复数：timbres　

GRE医学

BNC.25063 / COCA.18312

牛津词典

noun

• 音质；音色；音品
  the quality of sound that is produced by a particular voice or musical instrument

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 音色;音质;音品
  Thetimbreof someone's voice or of a musical instrument is the particular quality of sound that it has.
  1. His voice had a deep timbre...
     他嗓音低沉。
  2. The timbre of the violin is far richer than that of the mouth organ.
     小提琴的音色远比口琴丰富。

英英释义

noun

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  1. the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
  2. the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
  Synonym:timberqualitytone

双语例句

• The size and the command timbre of Gus's voice startled Castor.
  格斯说话的嗓门和命令口吻使卡斯托吃了一惊。
• Do you know how to judge piano timbre?
  你知道如何判断钢琴音色的好坏吗？
• I fell in love with the subtly plaintive timbre of the Qiang flute.
  我喜欢上了羌笛那略带哀怨的音色。
• Some of the traditional psychoacoustic concerns involve the perception of pitch, loudness, volume and timbre.
  一些传统的心理声学注重对音高、响度与音色的感觉。
• But in the piano-playing teaching, the understanding of the timbre of the piano opuses is a problem of importance but not easy to grasp.
  但在钢琴演奏教学中，对钢琴作品音色的感受和把握常常是一个重要却又不易的问题。
• They say a giggle's pitch and timbre establish a hyena's identity, and that pitch indicates age.
  他们发现笑声的音调和音色可以显示出一个鬣狗的身份，音调代表了它们的年龄，而且从笑声里可以分辨出谁是老大。
• The article discussed its entirety characters, as well as its title, touching, timbre, tempo, pedal, and dynamics.
  文章对它的整体性、标题、触键、音色、速度、踏板、力度等进行了研究。
• The voice had an ugly timbre to it.
  这嗓音的音色很难听。
• The timbre of the violin is far richer than that of the mouth organ.
  小提琴的音色远比口琴丰富。
• Her voice has a pure and sweet timbre.
  她的音色淳美。