请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 swell box
释义

Definition of swell box in English:

swell box

noun
  • A part of a large organ in which some of the pipes are enclosed, with a movable shutter for controlling the sound level.

    (管风琴的)强弱音箱

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The swell box is of somewhat unusual construction, and very large, allowing plenty of room to walk about in.
    • A Trumpet rank was mounted en chamade on top of the swell box and was quite unsightly.
    • The internal framing, swell box and larger wooden pipes are finished in the Harrison house-style paint - a dark brown colour while the zinc trunking has been painted in a gray-green colour.
    • Organists should note that until the 18th century pedals and swell boxes did not exist on English organs.
    • If the organ was provided with a swell box (a Spanish 17th-century invention), it would certainly be in the Brustwerk, sometimes in the Oberwerk as well.
    • You can see the empty spaces to the right and left of the swell box where the pedal pipes would eventually be relocated.
    • Rodgers’ swell box modeling recreates the frequency changes and phase shifts of sound inherent in the opening and closing of pipe organ swell boxes.
    • Both the pipes and speakers are enclosed in a swell box controlled by the left-most expression pedal.
    • The internal structure, including cases for each manual division and the two swell boxes with electrically driven shutters are made
    • Included in the structural alterations has been the enlargement of the shutters in the west front of the swell box to permit greater egress of sound into the nave.
    • The effect of opening and closing of the swell box varies from pipe organ to pipe organ.
    • On Wednesday, more of the swell boxes, some of the pipe chests, the winding system, and much of the wiring were removed.
    • Unusually, all the pipework except the Choir Organ and the Tuba is enclosed in swell boxes.
    • The organ at St. Paul's has a swell box inside the swell box, allowing greater subtlety in dynamics.
    • Behind that is the Choir division, enclosed in one of four swell boxes.
    • This was placed in a swell box, but without shutters so that all stops were reduced to an echo of their normal selves.
    • Basically, the instrument consists of four extended ranks of pipes enclosed in three separate swell boxes.
    • These swell boxes are, in effect, small rooms with louvered fronts, which can be opened and closed by means of pedals at the console.
    • Here, in Riga, the final result was a 32'-based main pedal and a Piano Pedal in the swell box, which can nevertheless only be played by one pedal keyboard.
    • The analogue technique described above gives an entirely satisfactory imitation of a real swell box.

Definition of swell box in US English:

swell box

nounˈswel ˌbäks
  • A part of a large organ in which some of the pipes are enclosed, with a movable shutter for controlling the sound level.

    (管风琴的)强弱音箱

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The analogue technique described above gives an entirely satisfactory imitation of a real swell box.
    • If the organ was provided with a swell box (a Spanish 17th-century invention), it would certainly be in the Brustwerk, sometimes in the Oberwerk as well.
    • The effect of opening and closing of the swell box varies from pipe organ to pipe organ.
    • The internal structure, including cases for each manual division and the two swell boxes with electrically driven shutters are made
    • Included in the structural alterations has been the enlargement of the shutters in the west front of the swell box to permit greater egress of sound into the nave.
    • These swell boxes are, in effect, small rooms with louvered fronts, which can be opened and closed by means of pedals at the console.
    • On Wednesday, more of the swell boxes, some of the pipe chests, the winding system, and much of the wiring were removed.
    • This was placed in a swell box, but without shutters so that all stops were reduced to an echo of their normal selves.
    • Behind that is the Choir division, enclosed in one of four swell boxes.
    • Rodgers’ swell box modeling recreates the frequency changes and phase shifts of sound inherent in the opening and closing of pipe organ swell boxes.
    • The swell box is of somewhat unusual construction, and very large, allowing plenty of room to walk about in.
    • The internal framing, swell box and larger wooden pipes are finished in the Harrison house-style paint - a dark brown colour while the zinc trunking has been painted in a gray-green colour.
    • A Trumpet rank was mounted en chamade on top of the swell box and was quite unsightly.
    • Both the pipes and speakers are enclosed in a swell box controlled by the left-most expression pedal.
    • Here, in Riga, the final result was a 32'-based main pedal and a Piano Pedal in the swell box, which can nevertheless only be played by one pedal keyboard.
    • Basically, the instrument consists of four extended ranks of pipes enclosed in three separate swell boxes.
    • Unusually, all the pipework except the Choir Organ and the Tuba is enclosed in swell boxes.
    • You can see the empty spaces to the right and left of the swell box where the pedal pipes would eventually be relocated.
    • The organ at St. Paul's has a swell box inside the swell box, allowing greater subtlety in dynamics.
    • Organists should note that until the 18th century pedals and swell boxes did not exist on English organs.
随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/27 1:54:23