"style of musical declamation intermediate between speech and singing, form of song resembling declamation," 1650s, from Italian recitativo, from recitato, past participle of recitare, from Latin recitare "read out, read aloud" (see recite). From 1640s as an adjective. The Italian form of the word was used in English from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. Fan - bei is a kind of recitative Buddhism music ancient India.
梵唄是傳自古印度的一種帶有吟誦性質(zhì)的佛教音樂.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. A declamatory style used in opera and oratorio, similar to recitative but having greater melodic variation.