bass

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Music

bass1 /beɪs/ noun  1. [countable]APMLOW SOUND OR VOICE a very low male singing voice, or a man with a voice like this 男低音（歌手）2. [singular]APM the part of a musical work that is written for a singer with a bass voice 〔音乐作品中的〕男低音部 → alto2(2), baritone1(2), soprano1(2), tenor1(2)3. [uncountable]APM the lower half of the whole range of musical notes 〔乐谱的〕低音部 → treble4  [countable]APM a bass guitar 低音吉他 The band features Johnson on bass (=playing the bass guitar). 这支乐队由约翰逊弹奏低音吉他。5. [countable]APM a double bass 低音提琴 →4  See picture of 见图 DRUM 1

Examples from the Corpus

bass• The electric bass had a punchy, dynamic range that would become identified with rhythm & blues.• Status Series 2 5-string bass, £875.• Andersen and Towner have a perfect understanding, and the bass is employed both rhythmically and melodically to great effect.

Related topics: Music

bass2 adjective [only before noun]  a bass instrument or voice produces low notes 低音的 a bass drum 低音鼓

Examples from the Corpus

bass• Placement of the bass module is particularly critical.• You need to play the bass notes slightly louder.• There are Eko 12-string necks and bodies, curious banjo necks, oddball Eko violin bass parts and lots, lots more.• This single speaker unit is designed to add to an existing hi fi setup to provide a dramatic improvement in bass reproduction.• You might get a bass riff or something, as a hook for the song, but the solos were strictly adlib.• Jim was asked to sing the bass solos.• It will give that tight West Coast strum with the bass strings becoming almost percussive.• Then from 1968-70. he played bass trombone and tuba with Doe Severinson s band.• He sang popular songs for us in his deep bass voice.

Related topics: Fish, Food

bass3 /bæs/ noun (plural bass) [countable]   HBFDFa fish that can be eaten and lives in both rivers and the sea 鲈鱼

Examples from the Corpus

bass• California, which has no native largemouth bass, imported fast-growing, long-living Florida-strain bass in the 1950s.• Ostinatos Ostinatos occur as a brief recurring motif or as a repeating bass in the form of a chaconne or ground.• Andersen and Towner have a perfect understanding, and the bass is employed both rhythmically and melodically to great effect.

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very Corpus voice, singing male low a

bass

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bass1  → variant of bass guitar at bass guitar2  → variant of double bass at double bass

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bass

I

bass gui‧tar /ˌbeɪs ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/ (also bass) noun [countable]
an electric guitar with four strings, that plays low notes ⇨ bassist

II

bass¹ /beɪs/ noun
1. [countable] a very low male singing voice, or a man with a voice like this
2. [singular] the part of a musical work that is written for a singer with a bass voice ⇨ alto²(2), baritone¹(2), soprano¹(2), tenor¹(2)
3. [uncountable] the lower half of the whole range of musical notes ⇨ treble
4. [countable] a bass guitar:
    The band features Johnson on bass (=playing the bass guitar).
5. [countable] a double bass

III

bass² adjective [only before noun]
a bass instrument or voice produces low notes:
    a bass drum

IV

bass³ /bæs/ noun (plural bass) [countable]

a fish that can be eaten and lives in both rivers and the sea

V

double bass /ˌdʌbəl ˈbeɪs/ (also bass) noun [countable]
a very large musical instrument shaped like a violin that the musician plays standing up