| 单词 |
polyphonous |
| 释义 |
polyphonous, a.|pəˈlɪfənəs|
[f. Gr. πολύϕων-ος (see polyphone) + -ous.]
1. = polyphonic 2.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 13 Tautological Polyphonous Echo's, such as return a word or more, often repeated from divers objects by simple reflection. 1846Worcester, Polyphonous, having many sounds. Dr. Black. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 36 One of these polyphonous pantomimic gentlemen offers to exhibit himself.
2. Mus. = polyphonic 1.
1872F. Hüffer in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 277 Hence the prodigious skill in the polyphonous texture of Bach's and Handel's Counterpoint. 1876Macm. Mag. XXXIV. 193 The rich harmony of polyphonous church music.
3. Philol. = polyphonic 3.
1880Sayce in Nature 19 Feb. 380/1 [We] cling so tenaciously to our own polyphonous alphabet. 1905W. T. Pilter tr. König's Bible & Babylon Notes 121 The majority of signs were polyphonous..they had more than one syllable value. 1956Jrnl. Theol. Stud. VII. 87 Transliterations would have been a great help to a Babylonian in enabling him to read ideograms and to determine the value of polyphonous signs. |
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