mezzo
pronunciation
How to pronounce mezzo in British English:
UK ['medzəʊ]
How to pronounce mezzo in American English:
US ['medzoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
- the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
Word Origin
- mezzo (adj.)
- "half, moderate," Italian mezzo, literally "middle," from Latin medius (see medial (adj.)). Also used in combinations such as mezzo-soprano (1753) and mezzotint (1738).
Example
- 1. The American mezzo Catherine Keen
- 2. The corrosion rate adjoined to lower limit of serious corrosion and upper limit of mezzo corrosion at 170 ℃ .
- 3. It is showed that the virtue of the louver concentrator are good concentration effect 、 low resistance 、 mezzo air distribution .
- 4. The results showed that the shear strength and impact strength were superior to those of pure resin , and the hardness was mezzo .
- 5. and the difficulty is mezzo .