英和和英

名詞

half-step (plural half-steps)

1. Alternative form of half step.

語源 2

From half- +‎ step.

動詞

half-step (third-person singular simple present half-steps, present participle half-stepping, simple past and past participle half-stepped)

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To back down from; fail to follow through or complete; to be slack
2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To fail to display full commitment, preparation, or genuineness; to be a poser; to be a fake or fraud
   • 2014 April 28, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, “Problem”, in My Everything, performed by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea, track 2:

     No half-steppin', either you want it or you just playin' / I'm listenin' to you knowin' I can't believe what you sayin'

派生語

• half-stepping

同意語

• semitone

使用する際の注意点

Seven semitones ( ${\displaystyle 2^{7/12}}$) makes a fifth, and 12 semitones (corresponding to a factor of 2) makes an octave.

関連する語

• whole step
• cent