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 bass ['bes]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 低沉的声音, 男低音, 椴树

a. 低音的

[电] 低音


  1. He has formed a new band with his brother on bass.
    他组织了一个新乐队,由他弟弟弹低音吉他。
  2. The bass soloist was in excellent voice.
    这个男低音独唱演员这次唱出了高水平.
  3. He jumped into the river to catch the big bass in defiance of the cold water.
    他不顾河水冰冷跳下去捉那条鲈鱼。


bass
[ noun ]
  1. the lowest part of the musical range

  2. <noun.attribute>
  3. the lowest part in polyphonic music

  4. <noun.communication>
  5. an adult male singer with the lowest voice

  6. <noun.person>
  7. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

  8. <noun.food>
  9. any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

  10. <noun.food>
  11. the lowest adult male singing voice

  12. <noun.communication>
  13. the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

  14. <noun.artifact>
  15. nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

  16. <noun.animal>
[ adj ]
  1. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

  2. <adj.all>
    a deep voice
    a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
    a bass clarinet


Bass \Bass\, v. t.
To sound in a deep tone. [R.] --Shak.


Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]
1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called
{whitewood}; also, its bark, which is used for making
mats. See {Bast}.

2. (Pron. ?) A hassock or thick mat.


Bass \Bass\ (b[=a]s), n. [F. basse, fr. bas low. See {Base}, a.]
1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

2. (Mus.)
(a) The lowest part in a musical composition.
(b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
[Written also {base}.]

{Thorough bass}. See {Thorough bass}.


Bass \Bass\ (b[.a]s), n.; pl. {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses}
(b[.a]s"[e^]z). [A corruption of barse.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus},
{Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species.

Note: The common European bass is {Labrax lupus}. American
species are: the striped bass ({Roccus lineatus});
white or silver bass of the lakes ({Roccus chrysops});
brass or yellow bass ({Roccus interruptus}).

2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus
{Micropterus}). See {Black bass}.

3. Species of {Serranus}, the sea bass and rock bass. See
{Sea bass}.

4. The southern, red, or channel bass ({Sci[ae]na ocellata}).
See {Redfish}.

Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See
{Calico bass}, under {Calico}.


Bass \Bass\ (b[.a]s), n.; pl. {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses}
(b[.a]s"[e^]z). [A corruption of barse.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus},
{Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species.

Note: The common European bass is {Labrax lupus}. American
species are: the striped bass ({Roccus lineatus});
white or silver bass of the lakes ({Roccus chrysops});
brass or yellow bass ({Roccus interruptus}).

2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus
{Micropterus}). See {Black bass}.

3. Species of {Serranus}, the sea bass and rock bass. See
{Sea bass}.

4. The southern, red, or channel bass ({Sci[ae]na ocellata}).
See {Redfish}.

Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See
{Calico bass}, under {Calico}.


Bass \Bass\, a.
Deep or grave in tone.

{Bass clef} (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of
the staff containing the bass part of a musical
composition. [See Illust. under {Clef}.]

{Bass voice}, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for
singing bass.

Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus
thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and
W. bas shallow. Cf. {Bass} a part in music.]
1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth;
as, base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak.

2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] ``A
peasant and base swain.'' --Bacon.

4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic]

Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak.

5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and
silver, the precious metals.

6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base
bullion.

7. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity
of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base
fellow; base motives; base occupations. ``A cruel act of a
base and a cowardish mind.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia).
``Base ingratitude.'' --Milton.

8. Not classical or correct. ``Base Latin.'' --Fuller.

9. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In
this sense, commonly written {bass.}]

10. (Law) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate,
one held by services not honorable; held by villenage.
Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a
base tenant.

{Base fee}, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord;
now, a qualified fee. See note under {Fee}, n., 4.

{Base metal}. See under {Metal}.

Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous;
sordid; degraded.

Usage: {Base}, {Vile}, {Mean}. These words, as expressing
moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of
their strength, the strongest being placed first. Base
marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean
denote, in different degrees, the lack of what is
valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our
abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or
indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is
opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean, to
liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy
is vile; undue compliances are mean.


Base \Base\, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ba`sis a stepping,
step, a base, pedestal, fr. bai`nein to go, step, akin to E.
come. Cf. {Basis}, and see {Come}.]
1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that
on which something rests for support; the foundation; as,
the base of a statue. ``The base of mighty mountains.''
--Prescott.

2. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the
essential principle; a groundwork.

3. (Arch.)
(a) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when
treated as a separate feature, usually in projection,
or especially ornamented.
(b) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as
of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate
piece of furniture or decoration.

4. (Bot.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it
is attached to its support.

5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a
substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the
latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides
of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain
organic bodies resembling them in their property of
forming salts with acids.

6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound.

7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure.

8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that
imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two
adjacent bastions.

9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a
figure on which it is supposed to stand.

10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is
constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.)
(a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice.
(b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
[Now commonly written {bass}.]

The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
--Dryden.

12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by
fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the
operations of an army proceed, forward movements are
made, supplies are furnished, etc.

13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.]

14. (Zo["o]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached
to another more central organ.

15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal.

16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not
distinctly crystalline.

17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}.

18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.]

19. pl. A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but
sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to
about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]

20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.]

21. An apron. [Obs.] ``Bakers in their linen bases.''
--Marston.

22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting
place or a goal in various games.

To their appointed base they went. --Dryden.

23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately
determined in length and position, serves as the origin
from which to compute the distances and positions of any
points or objects connected with it by a system of
triangles. --Lyman.

24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison
base}, or {bars}. ``To run the country base.'' --Shak.

25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the
circuit of the infield.

{Altern base}. See under {Altern}.

{Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}.

{Base course}. (Arch.)
(a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made
of large stones or a mass of concrete; -- called also
{foundation course}.
(b) The architectural member forming the transition
between the basement and the wall above.

{Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without
any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach
the first base without being put out.

{Base line}.
(a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in
military operations.
(b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent.


{Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of
the steam engine; the bed plate.

{Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the
breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave
molding. --H. L. Scott.

  1. Other species include the redear, or shellcracker; the warmouth; the rock bass; the green sunfish; the redbreast; and the longear sunfish or pumpkinseed.
  2. Yvonne Kenny was the prophetess Deborah and Michael George the bass Abinoam, both singing well but in need of more personality.
  3. In the bass role of Emperor Altoum, Franz Hawlata delivered a brilliant cameo and sang beautifully. Helene Perraguin was a rather pale Adelma, and Bruce Brewer no longer has the voice for Truffaldino.
  4. Bush will fish for bass in a 55-acre lake on the property of Ray Scott, president of Bass Anglers Sportsmen's Society.
  5. While not cheap, it requires very little effort by the cook to make a memorable feast. Like most top-quality meats and fish, sea bass shows to the best advantage if given very little embellishment.
  6. Her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, is Bulgarian.
  7. A tenor harmonizes and a baritone and a bass handle the lower chords.
  8. He does as much as anyone could to beat the mistral wind with a rich, bass baritone voice full of the character's conflict and growing despair.
  9. Large-mouth bass, crappie and walleye never left the upper Ohio completely and now are thriving in numbers to attract aficionados of sport fishing.
  10. Now everything hummed with that modern drone of smooth-running machinery, the bass notes of this civilization.
  11. Guitarist-singer Healey and bandmates Joe Rockman (bass) and Tom Stephen (drums) are poor songwriters.
  12. President-elect Bush's bass fishing excursion today takes him to a crossroads community that once played host to another vice president _ Aaron Burr.
  13. Charley Drayton is on bass most of the time, Steve Jordan drums and Ivan Neville keyboards.
  14. Though still a far cry from the lake's record 52-pound bass of a decade ago, "you could fillet these fish again, and that made people very, very happy," Mr. Paulson says.
  15. Rep. Gerry E. Studds, D-Mass., chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries subcommittee on fisheries and wildlife, said Tuesday the striped bass is "making a strong comeback" because of the law.
  16. Sadly, only the tapas wing of the enterprise seems to flourish and the few diners in the restaurant are obliged to put up with the booming bass of the music from the bar.
  17. Many of the bass are now weighing in at four pounds, compared with the more common two-pounder a year ago.
  18. For many bass, however, time to migrate to the main river comes when the backwater gets warm and stagnant.
  19. Striped bass, or rockfish, were in short supply following a ban on their catch three years ago in the Chesapeake Bay, the main production area.
  20. Striped bass were valued at $1.84 per pound.
  21. In the quartets, one person sings the lead or melody line, a tenor sings above the melody and a baritone usually below, with the bass welding the sound of the other three together.
  22. In supporting roles, bass Paul Plishka was a stalwart Daland, Senta's pragmatic father, and tenor Gary Lakes was suitably distraught as Erik, her jilted fiance.
  23. Anadromous fish, such as salmon and striped bass, return from the sea to rivers and streams to spawn.
  24. Since I'm thinking real slow myself, I watch as Mr. Dance hooks and releases bass after bass.
  25. Since I'm thinking real slow myself, I watch as Mr. Dance hooks and releases bass after bass.
  26. He and his 26-year-old brother, Vusi, a drummer, lead Tetha, a five-member African jazz/rock aggregate that features Mr. Khumalo's bass as its lead instrument.
  27. Shrill altoist Eric Marienthal continues from the old band and he is joined by Gary Novak's machine gun drumming, Jimmy Earl's monster bass lines and Mike Miller's heroic licks.
  28. Red Mitchell shows his style without imposing on any of the arrangements with that need that bass players sometimes exhibit to prove they can do more than keep the beat.
  29. This year, the company introduced its first acoustic bass.
  30. Wood Manufacturing, with sales of $34 million last year, was among the first concerns to develop a water-filled tank that enabled anglers to hold bass and later release them unharmed, a common practice among sports fisherman.
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