piano

英 [pɪ'ænəʊ] 美 [pɪ'æno]

解释

※ 提供单词"piano"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

piano 钢琴

缩写自pianoforte.

piano: piano: [19] Piano is short for pianoforte [18], a term borrowed from Italian which means literally ‘softloud’. It was a lexicalization of an epithet (piano e forte ‘soft and loud’) applied in the early 18th century to a new sort of harpsichord whose volume could be varied by the use of dampers. Italian piano itself is descended from Latin plānus ‘flat, even’, later ‘smooth’, source of English plain. It was introduced into English as a musical direction in the late 17th century.
=> plain, plane
piano (n.): 1803, from French piano (18c.), Italian piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.). As an adverb, "softly," in musical directions (superlative pianissimo), attested from 1680s. Piano wire attested from 1831.

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4. Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.: 最后我在钢琴旁的阴暗角落里发现了它。

5. Miss Blockey was at her best when she played the piano.: 布洛基小姐弹钢琴的时候发挥了她的最好水平。