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    descant

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Music
    des·cant /ˈdeskænt/ noun [countable, uncountable]  APMa tune that is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music 高音部，上方声部
    Examples from the Corpus
    descant• He knows that one card trick is much like another, a descant of deftness that can t be stretched.• And, like a descant, the women.    Origin descant (1300-1400) Old North French Latin cantus “song”
    des·cant nounChineseSyllable
    is played above Corpus sung the main tune tune that a or


    descant
    des‧cant /ˈdeskænt/ noun [uncountable and countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old North French
     Origin: Latin cantus 'song'
    a tune that is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music


    des·cantBrE /ˈdeskænt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdeskænt/ 🔊 noun (music 音乐) a tune that is sung or played at the same time as, and usually higher than, the main tune 高于主旋律的曲调；狄斯康特