Definition of crotchet in English:

crotchet

noun ˈkrɒtʃɪtˈkrɑtʃət

1British Music
A note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.
〔乐〕〈主英〉四分音符。亦称QUARTER NOTE
Also called quarter note
Example sentencesExamples
- An F# major mode is set out in a layered contrapuntal texture, piccolo and violins marking the fast crotchet beat while glockenspiel, celesta and sampler cut across this with triplet rhythms and a few dissonant pitches.
- The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented syllables as minims, and short, unaccented ones as crotchets.
- In this connection it is noteworthy that the violins in bars 3-4 play in dotted crotchets, the three-eight equivalent of the original dotted minims.
- Furthermore, a comparison of the way in which crotchets and quavers are notated makes it likely that the same scribe copied both works.
- He certainly captures the remoteness of that distant planet, with the relentless ‘processional’ of bass crotchets, which opens and concludes the piece.
2A perverse or unfounded belief or notion.
奇想，怪念头
the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors
对老光棍们来说很自然的怪念头。
Example sentencesExamples
- It would seem a purposeless and even cruel task to recount in some five hundred pages the cranks and crotchets of a great mind, but there is the personal Russell to be chronicled.
Synonyms
whim, whimsy, fancy, fad, vagary, notion, conceit, caprice, kink, twist, freak, fetish, passion, bent, foible, quirk, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy
French idée fixe
informal hang-up, thing
archaic megrim
rare singularity

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'hook'): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc 'hook', from Old Norse krókr.

croquet from mid 19th century:
Different as they seem, croquet and crochet (mid 19th century) are probably the same word. Croquet is thought to be a form of French crochet ‘hook, shepherd's crook’, which can mean ‘hockey stick’ in parts of France, and in English refers to a handicraft in which yarn is made up into fabric with a hooked needle. The lawn game in which you drive balls through hoops with a mallet seems to have been invented in France but introduced to Ireland, from where it spread to England in the 1850s and quickly became a popular sport among the aristocracy. The French word is also the source of the musical note called the crotchet (Middle English), from its shape, and also the old-fashioned term meaning a perverse belief, a hooked or twisted point of view, in use since Middle English, and giving us the term crotchety in the early 19th century.

Rhymes

rochet

Definition of crotchet in US English:

crotchet

nounˈkräCHətˈkrɑtʃət

1British Music
A note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note or half a half note, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem; a quarter note.
〔乐〕〈主英〉四分音符。亦称QUARTER NOTE
Example sentencesExamples
- In this connection it is noteworthy that the violins in bars 3-4 play in dotted crotchets, the three-eight equivalent of the original dotted minims.
- The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented syllables as minims, and short, unaccented ones as crotchets.
- An F# major mode is set out in a layered contrapuntal texture, piccolo and violins marking the fast crotchet beat while glockenspiel, celesta and sampler cut across this with triplet rhythms and a few dissonant pitches.
- Furthermore, a comparison of the way in which crotchets and quavers are notated makes it likely that the same scribe copied both works.
- He certainly captures the remoteness of that distant planet, with the relentless ‘processional’ of bass crotchets, which opens and concludes the piece.
2A perverse or unfounded belief or notion.
奇想，怪念头
the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors
对老光棍们来说很自然的怪念头。
Example sentencesExamples
- It would seem a purposeless and even cruel task to recount in some five hundred pages the cranks and crotchets of a great mind, but there is the personal Russell to be chronicled.
Synonyms
whim, whimsy, fancy, fad, vagary, notion, conceit, caprice, kink, twist, freak, fetish, passion, bent, foible, quirk, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘hook’): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr.

单词	crotchet
释义	Definition of crotchet in English: crotchet noun ˈkrɒtʃɪtˈkrɑtʃət 1British Music A note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem. 〔乐〕〈主英〉四分音符。亦称QUARTER NOTE Also called quarter note Example sentencesExamples An F# major mode is set out in a layered contrapuntal texture, piccolo and violins marking the fast crotchet beat while glockenspiel, celesta and sampler cut across this with triplet rhythms and a few dissonant pitches. The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented syllables as minims, and short, unaccented ones as crotchets. In this connection it is noteworthy that the violins in bars 3-4 play in dotted crotchets, the three-eight equivalent of the original dotted minims. Furthermore, a comparison of the way in which crotchets and quavers are notated makes it likely that the same scribe copied both works. He certainly captures the remoteness of that distant planet, with the relentless ‘processional’ of bass crotchets, which opens and concludes the piece. 2A perverse or unfounded belief or notion. 奇想，怪念头 the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors 对老光棍们来说很自然的怪念头。 Example sentencesExamples It would seem a purposeless and even cruel task to recount in some five hundred pages the cranks and crotchets of a great mind, but there is the personal Russell to be chronicled. Synonyms whim, whimsy, fancy, fad, vagary, notion, conceit, caprice, kink, twist, freak, fetish, passion, bent, foible, quirk, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy French idée fixe informal hang-up, thing archaic megrim rare singularity Origin Middle English (in the sense 'hook'): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc 'hook', from Old Norse krókr. croquet from mid 19th century: Different as they seem, croquet and crochet (mid 19th century) are probably the same word. Croquet is thought to be a form of French crochet ‘hook, shepherd's crook’, which can mean ‘hockey stick’ in parts of France, and in English refers to a handicraft in which yarn is made up into fabric with a hooked needle. The lawn game in which you drive balls through hoops with a mallet seems to have been invented in France but introduced to Ireland, from where it spread to England in the 1850s and quickly became a popular sport among the aristocracy. The French word is also the source of the musical note called the crotchet (Middle English), from its shape, and also the old-fashioned term meaning a perverse belief, a hooked or twisted point of view, in use since Middle English, and giving us the term crotchety in the early 19th century. Rhymes rochet Definition of crotchet in US English: crotchet nounˈkräCHətˈkrɑtʃət 1British Music A note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note or half a half note, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem; a quarter note. 〔乐〕〈主英〉四分音符。亦称QUARTER NOTE Example sentencesExamples In this connection it is noteworthy that the violins in bars 3-4 play in dotted crotchets, the three-eight equivalent of the original dotted minims. The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented syllables as minims, and short, unaccented ones as crotchets. An F# major mode is set out in a layered contrapuntal texture, piccolo and violins marking the fast crotchet beat while glockenspiel, celesta and sampler cut across this with triplet rhythms and a few dissonant pitches. Furthermore, a comparison of the way in which crotchets and quavers are notated makes it likely that the same scribe copied both works. He certainly captures the remoteness of that distant planet, with the relentless ‘processional’ of bass crotchets, which opens and concludes the piece. 2A perverse or unfounded belief or notion. 奇想，怪念头 the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors 对老光棍们来说很自然的怪念头。 Example sentencesExamples It would seem a purposeless and even cruel task to recount in some five hundred pages the cranks and crotchets of a great mind, but there is the personal Russell to be chronicled. Synonyms whim, whimsy, fancy, fad, vagary, notion, conceit, caprice, kink, twist, freak, fetish, passion, bent, foible, quirk, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘hook’): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr.
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