consonance

n. 一致, 调和, 辅音韵 [医] 谐和

发音

US /ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/
UK /ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/

词形变化

consonances 复数 consonances

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.

    可数 不可数 语言学
  2. 2.

    Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.

    可数 不可数 音乐

    Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.

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