falsetto

falsetto
[fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ, fɒl-]
(pl. -os)
  1. (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
  1. late 18th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of falso 'false', from Latin falsus (see false)
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