crescendo

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cre·scen·do /krəˈʃendəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural crescendos) [countableC]

1 APMif a sound or a piece of music rises to a crescendo, it gradually becomes louder until it is very loud 〔聲音的〕最高點；〔音樂的〕漸強；高潮 OPP diminuendo

The shouting rose to a deafening crescendo.

喊叫聲越來越響，到了震耳欲聾的強度。

The curtains opened as the music reached a crescendo.

當音樂到達高潮時，大幕拉開了。

2 INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCif an activity or feeling reaches a crescendo, it gradually becomes stronger until it is very strong 〔活動或感情的〕高潮，頂點 SYN climax

The campaign reached its crescendo in the week of the election.

競選活動在大選的那一周達到了高潮。

Examples from the Corpus

crescendo• It reached a crescendo, though, in December with altercations at the Lindale center and at the Moose Lodge.• The mood on campus is building to a crescendo of excitement.• For the next 300 million years, the outpouring of magma built toward a crescendo.• Normally, we see this ability reaching an early crescendo between four and six months.• They seem to rise in a brief but sometimes piercing crescendo from the area of the stairwell at Cumnor Place.• Where was the promised crescendo they asked themselves?• Ari lazily observed its ripening crescendo.• The event was the crescendo of a century of history on the Great Plains.

reached a crescendo• The clamour reached a crescendo last year when the full extent of the problems relating to the Solicitors Indemnity Fund emerged.• The violins had reached a crescendo.• It reached a crescendo, though, in December with altercations at the Lindale center and at the Moose Lodge.• When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season, the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo.

Origin crescendo

(1700-1800) Italian “growing”, from Latin crescendum, from crescere; → CRESCENT

cre·scen·do noun

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