Gamut

gamut







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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    【音】全音階,音域

          2.    全部,整個範圍





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



gamut (n.)   

 

means "the full range," originally of the medieval musical scale, but now of anything else, as in She was a consummate (CONsummate, perfect) actress, able to express the gamut of emotions with ease. 



See also GAUNTLET, because Run the gantlet [or gauntlet] (any series of trials and difficulties) is sometimes confused with Run the gamut. 





　The angels witness the gamut of human emotions, and they experience the luxury of simple pleasures (even a cup of coffee and a cigarette) as ones who've never known them.





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