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sharps

/ʃɑɹps/

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noun

升号，升记号。

The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.

Examples :

"The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."

音高管吹出了一个完美的升F音 (F sharp)。

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noun

升号，升记号

A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

Examples :

"The sheet music indicated that the melody required several F sharps. "

乐谱上标明这段旋律需要用到好几个升F。

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noun

升号，升记号

A note that is sharp in a particular key.

Examples :

"The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."

这首曲子移调后很难看懂，因为在新调中有很多音符都带升号。

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noun

升号调, 升调

The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

Examples :

""My favorite piece of classical music is in F sharps, because it sounds so mysterious and beautiful." "

我最喜欢的古典乐曲是升F调，因为它听起来既神秘又优美。

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noun

利器，尖锐物。

(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

Examples :

"Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."

请将利器或尖锐物放入标有红色标记的专用容器中，以便安全处理。

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noun

骗子，老千

A dishonest person; a cheater.

Examples :

"The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see."

赌场在休息室里放了一套已知老千的照片，供保镖们辨认。

person character moral

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noun

险滩，急流。

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

Examples :

"The canoe tipped precariously as we entered the sharps, where the river narrowed and the water churned. "

当我们进入险滩时，河道变窄，水流翻滚，独木舟危险地倾斜了一下。

geography nature

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noun

细针，尖针。

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

Examples :

"She prefers to use sharps for delicate embroidery because their fine points create neater stitches. "

她喜欢用尖细的绣花针 (jiān xì de xiù huā zhēn) 来进行精细的刺绣，因为这种针的尖端非常细，能缝制出更整齐的针脚。

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noun

麸皮，细糠

(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

Examples :

"The farmer sifted the milled wheat, separating the fine flour from the coarser sharps, which he planned to use as animal feed. "

农夫筛着磨好的小麦，把细腻的面粉和粗糙的麸皮细糠分离开，他打算用这些麸皮细糠来喂牲畜。

food agriculture

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noun

高手，专家。

Examples :

"The company hired several sharps in data analytics to improve their market predictions. "

为了提高市场预测的准确性，这家公司聘请了几位数据分析方面的高手。

person ability job

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noun

流氓, 小混混。

A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

Examples :

"My grandfather told me stories about the sharps he knew when he was growing up in Melbourne in the 1970s, describing their distinctive clothes and tough reputations. "

我爷爷经常给我讲他七十年代在墨尔本长大时认识的那些小混混的故事，还描述他们独特的穿着和不好惹的名声。

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verb

升 (#shēng), 升高 (#shēng gāo)

To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

Examples :

"That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"

那个新来的音乐家一定是五音不全：他把那首歌里一半的音都给唱升了!

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verb

宰客，抬价

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Examples :

"He tried to sharps the car dealer by pretending he knew more about engines than he actually did, hoping to get a lower price. "

他试图宰那个汽车经销商，假装自己比实际上更懂引擎，希望能砍下点价。

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verb

磨利，使锋利。

Examples :

"The chef sharps his knives before he begins preparing dinner. "

厨师在开始准备晚餐前会先把他的刀磨利。