crescer：释义

Abbr. Music A gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage. A passage played with a gradual increase in volume or intensity.

A steady increase in intensity or force:"insisted [that] all paragraphs .. should be structured as a crescendo rising to a climactic last sentence"(Henry A. Kissinger). Usage Problem The climactic point or moment after such a progression:"The attacks .. began in December .. and reached a crescendo during [the president's] September visit"(Foreign Affairs).