| 单词 |
castrato |
| 释义 |
‖ castrato|kaˈstrato| Pl. castrati. [Ital.; pa. pple. of castrare used substantively:—L. castrāre to castrate.] A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.
1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. v. 63 An Italian Castrato (who hath laboured at this Refinement through his whole Life). 1879E. Gosse Lit. N. Europe 147 The Italian Opera..with its gang of castrati. |

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