counterpoint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++coun·ter·point /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt $ -ər-/ noun 1 [uncountable]APM the combination of two or more tunes played together so that they sound like one tune 对位法〔音乐中结合两个或两个以上旋律的方法〕in counterpoint to something The viola is exactly in counterpoint to the first violin. 中提琴和第一小提琴完全对位。2. [countable]APM a tune that is one part of counterpoint 对位旋律3 [countable, uncountable] when two things that are different are compared in an interesting or pleasant way 有趣的对比，惬意的对照counterpoint to I have used my interviews with parents as a counterpoint to a professional judgement. 我把我和家长的访谈拿来与专家的意见作了有趣的对照。
Examples from the Corpus
counterpoint• The government trading desk was a counterpoint to the visible gluttony and ethnicity of the mortgage department.• The plainness of the rooms in this series makes an interesting counterpoint to the fanciful objects and people that inhabit them.• Water chestnuts and snow peas provided a light counterpoint to the duck.• These warnings against an excess of counterpoint are really concerned with emotive beauty in music.• This is a style of wheat beer that I especially enjoy, with its teasing counterpoint of tartness and chocolate-malt sweetness.• The gnarly Texas scrub provides a vivid counterpoint to the fading sunlight.Origin counterpoint (1400-1500) French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrapunctus, from contra- ( → CONTRA-) + punctus “musical note, tune”coun·ter·point nounChineseSyllable
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counterpoint
coun‧ter‧point /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt $ -ər-/
noun
in counterpoint to something
The viola is exactly in counterpoint to the first violin.
2. [countable] a tune that is one part of counterpoint
3. [uncountable and countable] when two things that are different are compared in an interesting or pleasant way
counterpoint to
I have used my interviews with parents as a counterpoint to a professional judgement.
coun‧ter‧point /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt $ -ər-/
noun Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrapunctus, from contra- ( ⇨ contra-) + punctus __musical note, tune__
1. [uncountable] the combination of two or more tunes played together so that they sound like one tuneLanguage: French
Origin: contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrapunctus, from contra- ( ⇨ contra-) + punctus __musical note, tune__
in counterpoint to something
2. [countable] a tune that is one part of counterpoint
3. [uncountable and countable] when two things that are different are compared in an interesting or pleasant way
counterpoint to