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counterpoint

noun
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnt/
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  1. [uncountable] (music音乐) the combination of two or more tunes played together to form a single piece of music对位法，对位（各声部互相结合） synonym polyphony
    • The two melodies are played in counterpoint.用对位法来演奏这两首曲调。🔊🔊
    see also contrapuntalTopics Musicc2
  2. [countable] counterpoint (to something) (music音乐) a tune played in combination with another one复调
  3. [uncountable, countable] (formal) an effective or interesting contrast惬意（或有趣）的对比
    • This work is in austere counterpoint to that of Gaudi.这件作品的质朴风格与高迪的形成了有趣的对比。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French contrepoint, from medieval Latin contrapunctum ‘(song) pricked or marked over against (the original melody)’, from contra- ‘against’ + punctum, from pungere ‘to prick’.

counterpoint

verb
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they counterpoint
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnt/
he / she / it counterpoints
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnts/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnts/
past simple counterpointed
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪd/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪd/
past participle counterpointed
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪd/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪd/
-ing form counterpointing
🔊/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪŋ/
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  1. counterpoint something (with/against something) to contrast something with something else; to form a contrast with something用…作对比；与…形成对比
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French contrepoint, from medieval Latin contrapunctum ‘(song) pricked or marked over against (the original melody)’, from contra- ‘against’ + punctum, from pungere ‘to prick’.