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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
bass
▪ I. bass 2 [bass basses] BrE [bæs] NAmE [bæs] noun countable, uncountable (pl. bass)
a sea or ↑freshwater fish that is used for food
•Fresh sea bass is a great delicacy.
see also ↑bass 1
Word Origin:
late Middle English barse Germanic Dutch baars German Barsch
▪ II. bass 1 [bass basses] noun, adjective BrE [beɪs] NAmE [beɪs]
see also ↑bass 2
noun
1. uncountable the lowest tone or part in music, for instruments or voices
•He always plays his stereo with the bass turned right up.
•He sings bass.
•a pounding bass line
compare ↑treble
see also ↑drum and bass
2. countable a man's singing voice with a low range; a man with a bass voice
compare ↑alto, ↑baritone, ↑tenor
3. singular a musical part that is written for a bass voice
4. (also ˌbass guiˈtar)countable an electric ↑guitar that plays very low notes
•a bass player
•bass and drums
•Eilís Phillips on (= playing) bass
5. countable = ↑double bass
Word Origin:
late Middle English ↑baselate Middle English barse Germanic Dutch baars German Barsch
Example Bank:
•Don has agreed to sing bass.
•He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.
•He sings bass in our local choir.
•The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.
•the abandonment in the late 18th century of figured bass in favour of completely written out orchestral scores
adjective only before noun
low in tone
•a bass voice
•the bass clef (= the symbol in music showing that the notes following it are low)
compare ↑treble
Word Origin:
late Middle English ↑baselate Middle English barse Germanic Dutch baars German Barsch
Word Origin:
late Middle English barse Germanic Dutch baars German Barsch
Example Bank:
•The unusually deep, bass voice was amused.
•This bass part contains some relatively complex passages.
•a bass drum
•The bass clarinet forms a solid bass for the woodwind group.
See also: ↑bass guitar
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