piano
英 [p?'?n??]
美 [p?'?no]
- n. 鋼琴
- n. (Piano)人名；(法、意、葡)皮亞諾
助記提示
1. 該詞一看后綴-o就知道它其實(shí)源于意大利語(yǔ)，是表示音樂(lè)術(shù)語(yǔ)的單詞。
2. 琴槌的發(fā)明在鋼琴（piano）史、乃至音樂(lè)史上都掀起了一場(chǎng)革命。借助于踏板，彈奏者可使色調(diào)發(fā)生變化，既可奏出柔音，也可奏出強(qiáng)音。這是羽管鍵琴所無(wú)法企及的。鋼琴的得名也源自這一革命性的發(fā)明。
18世紀(jì)時(shí)，意大利人把鋼琴稱作“pianoforte”，意即“能夠奏出柔音和強(qiáng)音的樂(lè)器”。其中，“piano”意為“微弱地”，“forte”意為“強(qiáng)烈地”。很快，“pianoforte”這一名稱便原封不動(dòng)地被法語(yǔ)所借用。后來(lái)，法國(guó)人覺(jué)得該名稱有點(diǎn)冗長(zhǎng)拖沓，于是便舍棄了其中的“forte”這一成分，將其簡(jiǎn)化為“piano”。
有趣的是，意大利語(yǔ)中還存在著“forte-piano”一詞。該詞也曾被借用到法語(yǔ)中，意即“強(qiáng)后弱；強(qiáng)后弱的樂(lè)段”。只可惜它曲高和寡，僅受到了行內(nèi)人的賞識(shí)……
中文詞源
piano 鋼琴縮寫(xiě)自pianoforte.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He started piano lessons at the age of 7.
- 他7歲開(kāi)始上鋼琴課。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The piano music mixes with the murmur of conversation.
- 鋼琴的彈奏聲混雜著低低的交談聲。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition.
- 他在利茲國(guó)際鋼琴比賽中榮獲一等獎(jiǎng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.
- 最后我在鋼琴旁的陰暗角落里發(fā)現(xiàn)了它。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Miss Blockey was at her best when she played the piano.
- 布洛基小姐彈鋼琴的時(shí)候發(fā)揮了她的最好水平。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句