5PHRASE 悦耳的声音;佳音;中听的话 If something that you hear is music to your ears, it makes you feel very happy. 悦耳的声音;佳音;中听的话 [feelings]
Popular support—it's music to the ears of any politician. [+ of]
大众的支持对任何一名政界人士来说都是佳音。
6PHRASE 承担自己行为的后果;接受批评(或惩罚) If you face the music, you put yourself in a position where you will be criticized or punished for something you have done. 承担自己行为的后果;接受批评(或惩罚)
Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
迟早我得自己承担后果。
Quotations
Music has charms to soothe a savage breastWilliam CongreveThe Mourning Bride
There's no passion in the human soul, But finds its food in musicGeorge LilloThe Fatal Curiosity
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficultyThomas Beecham
Bach gave us God's word Mozart gave us God's laughter Beethoven gave us God's fire God gave us music that we might pray without wordsfrom a German Opera House poster
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriouslyHenry MillerThe Air-Conditioned Nightmare
The opera ain't over till the fat lady singsDan Cook
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he singsEd GardnerDuffy's Tavern
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotonyBenjamin Brittenletter
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lieJohn MiltonArcades
The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in musicAaron CoplandMusic as an Aspect of the Human Spirit
My music is best understood by children and animalsIgor Stravinsky
When I get those really intense moments it doesn't feel like it's the violin that's giving them to me, it's like I'm in touch with some realm of consciousness which is much bigger than I am ... It's the music which takes overNigel Kennedy
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your hornCharlie Parker
Hell is full of musical amateurs; music is the brandy of the damnedGeorge Bernard ShawMan and Superman
Music is feeling, then, not soundWallace StevensPeter Quince at the Clavier
Music is spiritual. The music business is notVan Morrison
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of itWilliam ShakespeareTwelfth Night
Without music life would be a mistakeFriedrich NietzscheThe Twilight of the Idols
I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it soundsMark Twain
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear itThomas Beecham
He has Van Gogh's ear for musicOrson Welles
Music is essentially useless, as life isGeorge SantayanaLittle Essays
Music is a memory bank for finding one's way about the worldBruce ChatwinThe Songlines
Music is the healing force of the universeAlbert Ayler
All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a songLouis Armstrong
The only sensual pleasure without viceDr. Johnson
The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makesThomas Beecham
Classic music is th'kind that we keep thinkin'll turn into a tuneKin HubbardComments of Abe Martin and His Neighbours
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in betweenThomas Beecham
two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roofThomas Beecham (describing the harpsichord)
too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpointThomas Beecham (describing Bach's music)
fiddle: an instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a catAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Some say, that Signor Bononcini, Compared to Handel's a mere ninny; Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. Strange! that such high dispute should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and TweedledeeJohn ByromOn the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini
If the music doesn't say it, how can the words say it for the music?John Coltrane
Extraordinary how potent cheap music isNoël CowardPrivate Lives
opera: a play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudesAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
What passion cannot music raise and quell?John DrydenA Song for St. Cecilia's Day
piano: a parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audienceAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
an exotic and irrational entertainmentSamuel Johnson (of Italian opera)
Sing 'em muck! It's all they can understand!Dame Nellie Melba (of Australians)
Music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business isSamuel PepysDiary
Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from musicEzra PoundThe ABC of Reading
[Rock music] is still only certain elements in the blues isolated, coarsened and amplified. It may affect audiences more strongly but this is only to say that home-distilled hooch is more affecting than château-bottled claret, or a punch on the nose than a reasoned refutation under nineteen headingsPhilip Larkin
In memory everything seems to happen to musicTennessee WilliamsThe Glass Menagerie
You don't need any brains to listen to musicLuciano Pavarotti
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live music, loud music, new music, pop(ular) music1
1arrangement of sounds for singing/playing音樂ADJECTIVE | ... OF MUSIC | VERB + MUSIC | MUSIC + VERB | MUSIC + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤beautiful, fine, good, great, wonderful優美的/悅耳的/動聽的/絕妙的/美妙的音樂➤loud響亮的音樂➤quiet, soft, sweet輕柔的音樂;甜美的音樂◇The soft background music made her feel sleepy.輕柔的背景音樂令她昏昏欲睡。➤ambient氛圍音樂➤heavy重型音樂◇Heavy music thundered from the basement.地下室傳來重型音樂的轟隆聲。➤light輕音樂➤serious嚴肅音樂➤cool, funky時髦的/節奏感強的音樂➤dramatic, lively, upbeat激烈的/活潑的/歡快的音樂➤tonal調性音樂➤atonal, twelve-tone無調性/十二音音樂▸➤contrapuntal, polyphonic複調音樂▸➤live現場演奏的音樂➤recorded錄製的音樂➤background背景音樂➤canned, elevator, piped (BrE) 預先錄製的音樂;電梯音樂;(公共場合喇叭播放的)背景音樂▸➤band, choral, instrumental, orchestral, symphonic軍樂;合唱曲;器樂;管弦樂;交響樂➤guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, vocal, etc.吉他曲、鍵盤音樂、風琴曲、鋼琴曲、聲樂等➤chamber室內樂➤church, liturgical, religious, sacred教堂音樂;禮拜儀式上的音樂;宗教音樂;聖樂➤secular世俗音樂➤mood情緒音樂➤film, movie (especially NAmE) 電影音樂▸➤ballet, incidental, theme芭蕾舞曲;配樂;主題音樂◇the incidental music for a radio play廣播劇配樂➤acoustic, computer, digital, electronic, online原聲/電腦/數字/電子/在線音樂➤African, Indian, Irish, Western, etc.非洲、印度、愛爾蘭、西方等音樂▸➤mainstream, traditional主流/傳統音樂➤alternative, underground另類/地下音樂➤urban城市音樂➤period某個歷史時期特有的音樂◇The movie uses appropriate period music.該影片使用了符合那個時期特點的音樂。➤experimental實驗音樂➤avant-garde, Baroque, classical, contemporary, early, medieval, modern先鋒/巴羅克/古典/當代/早期/中世紀/現代音樂➤popular流行音樂▸➤black, country, dance, disco, folk, gospel, heavy metal, hip-hop, house, indie, jazz, pop, rap, reggae, rock, soul, techno, world, etc.黑人音樂、鄉村音樂、舞曲、迪斯科音樂、民間音樂、福音音樂、重金屬音樂、嘻哈音樂、家庭音樂、獨立音樂、爵士樂、流行樂、說唱樂、雷鬼樂、搖滾樂、靈樂、高技術舞曲、世界音樂等... OF MUSIC➤piece一首樂曲▸➤bar, line一節/一段音樂VERB + MUSIC➤listen to聽音樂◇Listening to music is a great way to relax.聽音樂是一種很好的放鬆方式。➤hear聽到音樂◇She could hear loud music from the party upstairs.她能聽到樓上聚會傳來的喧鬧的音樂聲。➤make, perform, play, sing演奏音樂;演唱歌曲◇We love to make music as a family.我們喜歡全家人一起演奏樂曲。➤play, put on播放音樂◇Put some music on, would you? (= play a CD, etc.)放點兒音樂好嗎?➤blare, blare out, blast, blast out, pump out放出響亮刺耳的音樂;播出震耳欲聾的音樂◇bars and nightclubs blaring music late into the night音樂聲震耳欲聾一直響到深夜的酒吧和夜總會➤download下載音樂➤turn down, turn up調低/調高音樂音量◇Could you turn that music down?你能把音樂音量調低嗎?➤compose, write譜曲;作曲➤arrange, score編配樂曲➤put sth to, set sth to為⋯譜曲◇Schubert set several poems by Goethe to music.舒伯特為歌德的幾首詩譜了曲。➤create, produce創作音樂◇The city has produced a lot of good music.這座城市湧現出很多優秀音樂作品。➤provide提供音樂◇a beach party with music provided by a local band由當地樂隊演奏音樂的沙灘派對➤release發佈音樂➤distribute分銷音樂➤broadcast廣播音樂➤record錄製音樂➤burn刻錄音樂◇I use my laptop to burn music to a CD.我用筆記本電腦刻錄音樂光盤。➤rip翻錄音樂◇software that rips music from CDs能從光盤上翻錄音樂的軟件➤be into (informal) , enjoy, like, love對音樂極感興趣;喜愛音樂;熱愛音樂◇She's really into indie music.她對獨立音樂十分着迷。➤appreciate欣賞音樂◇The ability to appreciate music is largely learnt.音樂鑒賞能力主要靠後天學習。➤pirate, steal盜版/剽竊音樂MUSIC + VERB➤sound音樂響起◇The music sounded vibrant and loud.那音樂聽起來活潑而洪亮。➤play音樂播放◇Calypso music played faintly in the distance.遠處隱隱約約播放着卡利普索小調。➤blare, blast, boom, pound, pump音樂聲響亮刺耳/震耳欲聾/低沉震撼/轟鳴/聲震四鄰◇disco music blaring out of the open windows of a car車窗開着,傳來震耳欲聾的迪斯科音樂➤come, drift, emanate, flow, waft音樂傳來;音樂飄來;音樂流動◇The music was coming from next door.音樂聲是從隔壁傳來的。➤fill sth音樂充滿⋯◇Music filled the air.空氣中充滿了音樂聲。➤drown sb/sth out音樂聲淹沒⋯➤fade, fade away, fade out音樂聲漸漸消失➤accompany sth音樂為⋯伴奏◇the music which accompanied the dance為舞蹈伴奏的音樂➤emerge from sth音樂自⋯傳開◇the music emerging from the cities of America從美國城市傳出來的音樂➤evoke sth, inspire sth音樂喚起⋯/激發⋯➤reflect sth音樂反映⋯MUSIC + NOUN➤biz (informal) , business, industry音樂行業➤scene音樂界◇Rio's live music scene里約充滿活力的音樂界➤world樂壇◇She is a rising star in the music world.她是樂壇一顆冉冉升起的明星。➤genre音樂類型➤press音樂媒體◇The album has been praised in the music press.這張專輯受到音樂媒體的好評。➤magazine音樂雜誌➤charts音樂排行榜◇The band are number one in the music charts.這個樂隊高居音樂排行榜榜首。➤award音樂獎➤concert, event, festival音樂會;音樂盛會;音樂節➤collection樂曲集➤appreciation音樂欣賞➤aficionado, buff, enthusiast, fan, lover音樂狂;音樂迷;狂熱的音樂愛好者;樂迷;音樂愛好者➤composer, critic, director, journalist, mogul, producer, promoter, teacher作曲家;樂評人;音樂指揮;音樂記者;音樂巨頭;音樂製作人;音樂推廣人;音樂教師◇the choir's music director合唱團的指揮➤group音樂團體➤legend, star音樂傳奇/明星◇music legend, Elvis Presley音樂傳奇人物埃爾維斯・普雷斯利(即“貓王”)➤label音樂唱片公司➤CD音樂光盤➤video音樂電視➤download, file音樂下載/文件➤album, track音樂專輯;專輯中的單曲➤channel, station音樂頻道;音樂台➤retailer, shop, store (especially NAmE) 唱片零售商;唱片店;唱片商店▸➤room, studio音樂室;音樂製作室➤venue音樂演出場所➤library音樂圖書館➤piracy音樂盜版➤education音樂教育➤academy, college, school音樂學院;音樂學校➤class, lesson, workshop音樂班;音樂課;音樂研討班➤therapy音樂療法PREPOSITION➤to (the) music隨着音樂◇to dance to the music在音樂伴奏下跳舞PHRASES➤in time to (the) music合着音樂節拍◇They did their exercises in time to the music.他們合着音樂的節拍做操。➤music and song音樂和歌曲◇an evening of Scottish music and song蘇格蘭音樂和歌曲晚會➤the sound of music音樂聲◇The sound of pop music drifted through the open window.流行音樂從敞開的窗戶飄進來。➤a style of music音樂風格▸➤taste in music對音樂的喜好◇Her taste in music was eclectic.她的音樂口味很雜。➤words and music詞曲◇He made up the words and music for the song.他為這首歌作詞並譜曲。➡ note at subject(for more verbs and nouns)music
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2written signs that represent musical sounds樂譜ADJECTIVE | ... OF MUSIC | VERB + MUSIC | MUSIC + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤printed, sheet印製的/活頁樂譜... OF MUSIC➤bar, line, sheet一節/一行/一張樂譜VERB + MUSIC➤read識樂譜◇Can you read music?你識譜嗎?MUSIC + NOUN➤score總譜➤stand樂譜架◇I pulled the lyrics out and laid them on the music stand.我拽出歌詞頁,放到了樂譜架上。➤publisher, publishing樂譜出版商/出版PREPOSITION➤music for適合⋯的樂譜◇music for piano, cello and voice適合鋼琴、大提琴和演唱的樂譜➤with music, without music有樂譜;沒有樂譜◇He played the piece without music.他沒用樂譜直接演奏了這一作品。
music ♦︎ singing ♦︎ song ♦︎ harmony ♦︎ melodyThese are all words for musical sounds.这些词均表示音乐、乐声。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆beautiful music / singing / harmony◆choral / folk music / singing◆to hear music / singing of sth◆to listen to music / singing / the harmony / the melody■music [uncountable] sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen to, and that can be sung or played on musical instruments音乐;乐曲◆pop / dance / classical / church music流行音乐;舞曲;古典/教堂音乐◆It was a charming piece of music.那是一段迷人的音乐。◆He wrote the music but I don't know who wrote the words.是他谱的曲,但我不知道歌词出自何人。◆The poem has been set to music.这首诗被谱了曲。◆Every week they get together to make music(= to play music or sing).每个星期他们都聚在一起玩音乐。▸musical
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◆musical instruments乐器◆She had a low, musical voice that thrilled him to hear.她的嗓音低沉悦耳,他一听就非常激动。■singing [uncountable] the activity of making musical sounds with your voice唱歌;歌唱◆There was singing and dancing all night.通宵都有歌舞。◆She has a beautiful singing voice.她有一副唱歌的好嗓子。 see also sing ⇨ sing■song [uncountable] the act of singing; singing when considered generally唱歌;(统称)歌唱◆The story is told through song and dance.故事是通过歌舞的形式来表现的。◆Suddenly he burst into song(= started to sing).突然间,他放声唱了起来。■harmony ˈhɑːməni; NAmEˈhɑːrməni [uncountable, countable] the way in which different notes that are played or sung at the same time combine to make a pleasing sound和声◆They began to sing in perfect four-part harmony.他们开始以完美的四部和声演唱。◆With their tight vocal harmonies it is easy to understand the group's appeal.这支合唱组合的和声演唱紧密契合,不难理解他们为何如此受欢迎。■melodyˈmelədi [uncountable] the way in which different notes are played or sung one after another to make a tune乐曲的音符编排◆A few bars of melody drifted towards us.我们听到几小节乐曲从远处传来。