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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