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单词 cantillate
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Definition of cantillate in English:

cantillate

verb ˈkantɪleɪtˈkantəlāt
[with object]rare
  • Chant or intone (a passage of religious text)

    〈罕〉吟诵(宗教经文中的一段)

    he cantillated the verses of the ancient Avesta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Augusta Levine tutors each child in learning how to cantillate the Torah and Haftarah with special emphasis upon the child's own Torah portion.
    • Because his family could not afford to pay for his education, he was sent to a religious school where he mastered the cantillating of the Koran.
    • Father Anshel was good at cantillating the Book of Esther but hopeless at making money.
    • As Kahn observes, the saxophone itself does the chanting - articulating and cantillating the word patterns of Coltrane's poem of praise and thanksgiving to his Creator.
    • They do at least agree that the tradition of cantillating the scriptures is a very old one, and was probably firmly established in tradition before the Massoretes began their work.
    Synonyms
    repeat from memory, say aloud, read aloud, declaim, quote, speak, deliver, render

Derivatives

  • cantillation

  • noun kantɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n
    rare
    • Golijov's writing for this part is loud and high: in his review of the Tanglewood premiere, Alex Ross compared the vocal writing for this part to a muezzin's cantillation, which is exactly how I would have described it.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The religious Fourth Symphony synchretizes Gregorian and Orthodox chants, Lutheran chorales, and Jewish cantillation.
      • We checked my book of Jewish folklore, which shows that the traditional cantillation tune for both the Torah and Haftorah is in B flat.
      • But it also recalls Ashkenazic Torah cantillation.
      • Little is known of the music of ancient times, though some elements are preserved in the traditional cantillation of the Torah and the older nusach, or forms of reading, for some of the prayers.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin cantillat- 'hummed', from the verb cantillare, from cantare (see chant).

Definition of cantillate in US English:

cantillate

verbˈkantəlāt
[with object]rare
  • Chant or intone (a passage of religious text)

    〈罕〉吟诵(宗教经文中的一段)

    he cantillated the verses of the ancient Avesta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They do at least agree that the tradition of cantillating the scriptures is a very old one, and was probably firmly established in tradition before the Massoretes began their work.
    • Father Anshel was good at cantillating the Book of Esther but hopeless at making money.
    • Because his family could not afford to pay for his education, he was sent to a religious school where he mastered the cantillating of the Koran.
    • Augusta Levine tutors each child in learning how to cantillate the Torah and Haftarah with special emphasis upon the child's own Torah portion.
    • As Kahn observes, the saxophone itself does the chanting - articulating and cantillating the word patterns of Coltrane's poem of praise and thanksgiving to his Creator.
    Synonyms
    repeat from memory, say aloud, read aloud, declaim, quote, speak, deliver, render

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin cantillat- ‘hummed’, from the verb cantillare, from cantare (see chant).

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