喜樂美語
  1. 1層次變化；漸層（顏色、聲音等一點一點的差別；設計口語常說漸層）

    A gradation is a small step of change between points on a scale — not a jump, a . Colour that slowly goes from light to dark; a voice that rises by degrees; ranks or feelings that differ a little from one to the next. You will hear it from painters, designers, musicians, and careful writers more than in everyday chat; it sounds a bit formal or technical. In art, people talk about a gradation of colour; in meaning, about fine gradations between words that sit close together, like small, tiny, and minute. Though actually, in Taiwan design talk the everyday hook is often 漸層, which covers the colour sense very well, while English gradation also stretches to sound, feeling, and social rank. There is a rare related verb, but the noun is the one you will meet.

組成Borrowed from French gradation. You can also see it as grade + -ation (the act or result of stepping).

同家族的字

  • gradea grade is one step; a gradation is the small change between steps
  • gradableshares grade, the idea of levels on a scale

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

gradationnoun/ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/

  • 1

    A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.

  • 2

    A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.

    • A decade ago, the British department-store chain John Lewis built itself a long warehouse, painted in gradations of sky blue.
  • 3

    The act of gradating or arranging in grades.

  • 4

    Any degree or relative position in an order or series.

    • the several gradations of the intelligent universe
    • Two distinct types of lupus erythematosus are recognized: [1] chronic or discoid, which is essentially a skin lesion, and [2] severe systemic, designated as acute. Between the two types are many gradations to which the term subacute has been applied.
  • 5

    A calibration marking.

  • 6

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.

  • 7

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA diatonic succession of chords.

  • 8

    human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsAblaut.

gradationverb/ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/

  • 1

    To form with gradations.

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