contrapuntal
英 [,kɒntrə'pʌnt(ə)l]
美[,kɑntrə'pʌntl]
- adj. 对位（法）的；重复音乐的
英英释义
- 1. relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint;
- "contrapuntal base"
- 2. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
中文词源
contrapuntal 对位的
contra-, 相对，相反。-punt, 词源同point, 点。用于音乐术语。
英文词源
- contrapuntal (adj.)
- 1845, from Italian contrapunto "counterpoint," also "backstitch," from contra "against" (see contra) + punto "point" (see point (n.)). Musical use is from Medieval Latin cantus contrapunctis. Compare counterpoint. Related: Contrapuntally.