alto

1. 来源于意大利的单词基本上都是以-o结尾，并且它们基本上都表示与音乐相关的含义，因为现代音乐基本上可以说是发源于意大利或者说深受其影响，从古罗马到近代的意大利文艺复兴。
2. alt- + -o (意大利语后缀).
3. Originally a "high" man's voice, now more commonly applied to the lower range of women's voices (which is more strictly the contralto).
4. 应该说是因为男高音和女低音发的音具有一定的相似性，由此才扩展引申出女低音。

alto 男声最高音，女声最低音

来自词根alt, 高。

alto (n.)

1784, "man with an alto voice," from Italian alto (canto), from Latin altus "high" (see old). Originally a "high" man's voice, now more commonly applied to the lower range of women's voices (which is more strictly the contralto), an extension first recorded in 1881.

The alto in a man is totally distinct from the contralto in a woman. The tone is utterly different -- the best notes of the one are certainly not the best notes of the other; and although in certain cases a contralto may sing with good effect music written for a male alto (e.g. in some oratorios), yet the converse is scarcely ever true. ["How to Sing," 1890]

As a type of saxophone, from 1869.

1. The four parts in singing are soprano, alto, tenor and bass.

唱歌的四个声部是女高音 、 女低音 、 男高音和男低音.

2. In the recording I have today, it is sung by a male alto.

我今天带的唱片是由一位男高音歌手唱的。

3. The restaurant is operated by the Palo Alto Auxiliary for the benefit of the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital.

这家餐厅由帕洛阿尔托附院经营，收益用来资助露西尔·帕卡德儿童医院。

4. Jerry Cain coached the team from Stanford University in Alto, California.

杰瑞.该隐是参赛的加州帕洛阿尔托斯坦福大学队教练.

5. The snow reprints it, as it were, in clear white type alto - relievo.

可以说, 雪花用清楚的白色的浮雕又把它印刷出来了.