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