• n. 聲音漸增
• adv. 漸次加強地
• adj. 漸強的
• vi. 音量逐漸增強

來自PIE*ker , 創造，生長，詞源同create。-esce, 表起始。用做音樂術語。

crescendo (n.)

1776 as a musical term, from Italian crescendo "increasing," from Latin crescendo, ablative of gerund of crescere "to increase" (see crescent). Figurative use is from 1785. As a verb, from 1900.

1. There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism.

來自議會和新聞界的批評越來越多。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.

組曲的最后和音部分漸入高潮。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The crescendo of noise was con-tinuous.

噪聲越來越大。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out.

人們講話的聲音越來越大，蓋過了他的聲音。

來自《權威詞典》

5. The gale reached its crescendo in the evening.

狂風在晚上達到高潮.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》