(Music)a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range (乐)(男高音)假声唱法 he sang in a piercing falsetto. 他以刺耳的假声唱歌。 [mass noun]he was singing falsetto in this role. 他唱这个角色时用假声。 ■a singer using this method 采用假声的歌手 ■a voice or sound that is unusually or unnaturally high 不寻常(或不自然)的高嗓音(或音响)
语源
late 18th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of falso 'false', from Latin falsus (see false)