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crescendo的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [krəˈʃendou]
KK音标发音： [krəˈʃɛndo]
crescendo的词性：
n.（名词）
1. Abbr. crMusic
缩写 cr【音乐】
2. A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage.
渐强：尤指在一个乐段中音量或声音强度的逐渐增强
3. A passage played with a gradual increase in volume or intensity.
渐强乐段：在音量或声音强度上逐渐增强而演奏的乐段
4. A steady increase in intensity or force:
强度或力量的持续增强：
“insisted [that] all paragraphs . . . should be structured as a crescendo rising to a climactic last sentence” (Henry A Kissinger)
“坚持所有的 段落…都应该以语气最强的句子结尾” (亨利A基辛格)
5. Usage Problem The climactic point or moment after such a progression:
【用法疑难】 高潮：在这一过程之后到达的顶点或高潮：
“The attacks . . . began in December . . . and reached a crescendo during [the president's] September visit” (Foreign Affairs)
“进攻…始于十二月份…而在九月访问期间攻击的最为激烈” (外交事务)
crescendo的词性：
adj.（形容词）
6. Gradually increasing in volume, force, or intensity.
渐强的：在音强、力量或强度上逐渐增强的
crescendo的词性：
adv.Music （副词）【音乐】
7. With a crescendo.
有渐强音的
crescendo的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）
8. To build up to or reach a point of great intensity, force, or volume:
达到最高点，高潮：逐步增强至强度、力量或音量极大点：
“The designer-name craze crescendoed in the mid-seventies”(Bernice Kanner)
“崇尚设计师之名狂热在七十年代中期达到高潮”(伯尼斯·坎纳)
crescendo的词源：
9. Italian [present participle of] crescere [to increase]
意大利语 [] crescere的现在分词 [增强]
10. from Latin cr?scere * see ker- 2
源自 拉丁语 cr?scere *参见 ker- 2
crescendo的用法：
11. Crescendo is sometimes used by reputable speakers and writers to denote a climax or peak, as in noise level, rather than an increase. Although citational evidence over time attests to widespread currency, it is difficult for anyone acquainted with the technical musical sense of crescendo to use it to mean “a peak.” Such usage, as in When the guard sank a three-pointer to tie the game, the noise of the crowd reached a crescendo, was unacceptable to 55 percent of the Usage Panel.
Crescendo 一词有时被享有声誉的演说家和作家用于表示高潮或顶点，而不是指渐强的过程，就象在噪声级中。 尽管过多的引证表明了这一流行趋势，然而对于熟悉渐强 这一音乐上的专门意义的人来说，很难把它用于指“顶点”。 在当后卫投入一个三分球而使比赛成平局时，观众的嘈杂声到达了极点 中的这类用法， 有55%的用法专题使用小组成员不接受