baritone

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bar·i·tone1 /ˈbærətəʊn $ -toʊn/ noun 1 APM[countable] a male singing voice that is lower than a tenor but higher than a bass, or a man with a voice like this 男中音（歌手） a famous baritone 著名男中音2 [singular] the part of a musical work that is written for a baritone voice or instrument 〔音乐作品中的〕男中音部 Can you sing the baritone? 你唱男中音好吗？ → alto2(2), bass1(2), soprano1(2), tenor1(2)

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baritone• By profession he was a baritone and musicologist.• With his Soft Machine background, his deadpan baritone, his witty lyrics and catchy tunes, how could he fail?• Which compels this scribe to ask when his voice changed into its deep baritone.• He was a tall, elegantly Streetwise Chicago singer with a light baritone.• It was low-pitched and reverentially modulated, a nice, crisp, modest baritone.• At last the choruses dropped to a quartet, to a duet, and finally even Lachlan's fine solo baritone petered out.baritone2 adjective [only before noun] a baritone voice or instrument is lower than a tenor but higher than a bass 男中音的

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baritone• And the string I happened to have on there resonated perfectly with the way Dana played the baritone sax.• Alto and baritone saxophones. b. Syracuse, New York, 1954.• A baritone singer from the chorus joined us and we went to a regular Central City bar.Origin baritone (1600-1700) Italian baritono, from Greek barytonos “deep-sounding”, from barys “heavy” + tonos “tone”