vocal
adjective
uk/ˈvəʊ.kəl/us/ˈvoʊ.kəl/vocaladjective(OF THE VOICE)
relatingto orproducedby thevoice, either insingingorspeaking:
嗓音的;发声的apieceof vocalmusic一部声乐作品
The sixprincipalrolesin thisoperahave anaveragevocalrangeof twooctaves.这出歌剧里6个主要角色的平均音域覆盖两个八度。
- There was asoftnoduleon my vocalcord.
- Herremarkablevocalrangespannedthree and ahalfoctaves.
- Welistenedto thepurevocaltonesof thechoirboy.
- Iplayedsome vocalmusic.
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- articulate
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
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Describing qualities of the human voice
vocaladjective(OFTEN HEARD)
oftenexpressingopinionsandcomplaintsinspeech:
喜欢畅所欲言的;直言不讳的He had always been a very vocalcriticof thepresident.他一直都直言不讳地批评总统。
During theseyears,suffragedemandsby womenbecameincreasinglyvocal.那些年,女性要求获得投票权的呼声越来越高。
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abruptly
- abruptness
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- curt
- directness
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- outspoken
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- plainness
- point-blank
- shoot
- suffer
vocal
noun[Cusually plural]
uk/ˈvəʊ.kəl/us/ˈvoʊ.kəl/thesingingin apieceofpopularmusic:
(流行音乐中的)演唱部分The vocals aresharedby twomembersof theband.演唱部分由乐队中的两名成员共同完成。
Who is thatonvocals(=singing)?唱歌的人是谁?
Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- banger
- barbershop
- croon
- crooner
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- doxology
- intonation
- raise the roofidiom
- rapping
- screamer
- septet
- serenade
- treble