descant

汉语翻译

n. 曲调, 歌曲, 评论
vi. 评论, 唱歌

词型变化：

名词:descanter 动词过去式:descanted 过去分词:descanted 现在分词:descanting 第三人称单数:descants 

英语解释：

名词 descant:

1. a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
   同义词：discant

动词 descant:

1. sing in descant
2. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
   同义词：yodel, warble
3. talk at great length about something of one's interest

例句：

1. In class he descanted on his favorite writer.
   课堂上他详细论述了自己喜爱的作家。

详细解释：

des.cant

n.（名词）
Also dis.cant [ds.-] Music
也作 dis.cant [ds.-] 【音乐】
An ornamental melody or counterpoint sung or played above a theme.
高音部长曲：歌唱或演奏中高于主旋律的装饰性曲调或对位音
The highest part sung in part music.
高音部：在唱分部乐曲时音调最高的部分
A discussion or discourse on a theme.
评论：就某一主题进行讨论
v.intr.（不及物动词）
des.cant.ed,des.cant.ing,des.cants[dμs.k2nt., dμ-sk2nt.]
To comment at length; discourse:
详论：详细评论；论述：
例句：
.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)

Also dis.cant [ds.k2nt., d-sk2nt.] Music
也作 dis.cant [ds.k2nt., d-sk2nt.] 【音乐】
To sing or play a descant.
演唱（或演奏）高音部
To sing melodiously.
甜美地演唱

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Anglo-Norman descaunt
源自 英法语 descaunt
from Medieval Latin discantus [a refrain]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 discantus [叠韵]
Latin dis- [dis-]
拉丁语 dis- [前缀，表强调]
Latin cantus [song]
拉丁语 cantus [歌曲]
from [past participle of] canere [to sing] * see kan-
源自 [] canere的过去分词 [演唱] *参见 kan-

【引伸】
des.cant.er
n.（名词）