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- （pl. crescendos 或crescendi /-dɪ/ ）Music a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music【乐】（乐曲的）渐强。
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- Music a passage of music marked or performed in this way【乐】渐强的段落。
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- the loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound（逐渐增强的声音的）最高点：
the port engine revs rose to a crescendo.
左车的转速达到了最高点。
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- a progressive increase in force or intensity（力量或强度的）逐渐增强：
a crescendo of misery
越来越深重的苦难。
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- the most intense point reached in this; a climax顶点; 高潮：
the hysteria reached a crescendo around the spring festival.
春节前后, 人们的激动情绪达到了高潮。
- Music with a gradual increase in loudness【乐】（响度）渐强的（地）：
as adj. a short crescendo kettledrum roll短促而渐强的隆隆铜鼓声。
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no obj. increase in loudness or intensity（在音量或强度上）逐渐增强 ：the reluctant cheers began to crescendo.
稀稀拉拉的欢呼声开始增大。
词源
late 18th cent.:Italian, present participle of crescere 'to increase', from Latin crescere 'grow'.