overture

英 ['əʊvətj(ʊ)ə] 美['ovətʃʊr]
  • n. 前奏曲;提案;序幕
  • vt. 提议;为……奏前奏曲

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中文词源


overture 序奏

来自overt,打开的,-ure,名词后缀。用于音乐术语指序奏,前奏。

词态变化


复数: overtures;

助记提示


1、aperire "open, uncover" <=> operire "close, cover", 互为反义词。
2、apert- => overt- + -ure.
3、取引申义,表示:(歌剧、戏剧等的)开始、开幕(opening),进一步引申为:序曲、序幕、前奏曲;同时还引申为:主动提出、主动表示、主动建议,即作为一种主动姿态(opening)提出。
4、其含义要注意与overt区分。
5、p变v的实例:French evesque (English: bishop, Latin: episcopus, Greek episkopos) merely softens the p into v and drops the last syllable.

双语例句


1. The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
节目以瓦格纳的歌剧《漂泊的荷兰人》的序曲开场。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The opera was preceded by a short overture.
这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. His overture led to nothing.
他的提议没有得到什么结果.

来自辞典例句

4. Meanwhile the conductor lifted his violin bow and the orchestra attacked the overture.
这时,乐队指挥把小提琴的弓子一举,乐队就奏起序曲来.

来自辞典例句

5. A great deal of prolocutor consumingly attacked this overture at the meeting.
大会上许多的发言人强烈抨击了这项提案.

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英文词源


overture (n.)
mid-13c., "opening, aperture;" early 15c. as "an introductory proposal," from Old French overture "opening; proposal" (Modern French ouverture), from Latin apertura "opening," from aperire "to open, uncover" (see overt). Orchestral sense first recorded in English 1660s.