Tenor

(noun.) the pitch range of the highest male voice.

(noun.) the general meaning or substance of an utterance; 'although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument'.

(noun.) a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; 'nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways'.

(noun.) the adult male singing voice above baritone.

(noun.) an adult male with a tenor voice.

(adj.) of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; 'tenor voice' .

(adj.) (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; 'a tenor sax' .

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• And in that conversation—' 'It is not necessary to repeat its tenor, Bounderby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The tenor, therefore, of their affections and feelings, must have borne the same general proportion to our own. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Such was the tenor of his public letters. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The daily details of Mrs. Hatch's existence were as strange to Lily as its general tenor. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• As he neared the house, the rich tenor voice of Caliphronas rang vibrating through the still air. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I believe, as far as Henry is concerned, that was the tenor of his scarcely intelligible directions; but he may change all to-morrow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I read it in your eye; it is not of that description which promises the maintenance of an even tenor in life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Piacenza's the toughest house to sing in the north of Italy, the other tenor said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The tenor of my actions will prove that I had rather die, than be a mark for scorn--behold the proud Evadne in her tatters! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Treble, tenor, and bass notes were to be found therein. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The harmonies which you mean are the mixed or tenor Lydian, and the full-toned or bass Lydian, and such like. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This tenor's name was Edgar Saunders, and he sang under the name of Edouardo Giovanni. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The Dowager for a moment gave him an angry look; but tossed it off with her head and her fan, and pursued the tenor of her way in her former manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Even in 1831 Lowick was at peace, not more agitated by Reform than by the solemn tenor of the Sunday sermon. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The air as sung by the tenor voice would be represented by _B_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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