serenade

英 [serə'neɪd] 美 [,sɛrə'ned]

解释

※ 提供单词"serenade"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

serenade 小夜曲

来自 serene,宁静的，平静的，-ity,名词后缀。用于指男子在所爱慕的女子窗下演奏的小夜曲，比喻用法。

serenade: serenade: [17] A serenade is strictly a ‘song sung in the evening’, but in fact historically it has nothing to do with ‘night’ – etymologically it is a ‘serene’ piece of music. The word comes via French sérénade from Italian serenata, a derivative of sereno ‘serene’. The notion of a serenata as a piece of ‘night’ music arose through association with sera ‘evening’ (a relative of French soir ‘evening’, from which English gets soirée [19]). Italian sereno came from Latin serēnus ‘bright, clear’, which also produced English serene [16].
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serenade (n.): 1640s, "musical performance at night in open air" (especially one given by a lover under the window of his lady), from French sérénade (16c.), from Italian serenata "an evening song," literally "calm sky," from sereno "the open air," noun use of sereno "clear, calm," from Latin serenus "peaceful, calm, serene." Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening," from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late." Meaning "piece of music suitable for a serenade" is attested from 1728.
serenade (v.): 1660s, from serenade (n.). Related: Serenaded; serenading.

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2. I sensed this to be a serenade — a Scottish serenade.: 我意识到这是一支小夜曲——一支苏格兰小夜曲.

3. He said, a gentleman that evening was going to serenade his mistress.: 他说, 当天晚上有一位先生向他的情人求爱.

4. He would thus serenade him, perhaps once a week, under his windows.: 他还在他的窗户下对他唱起小夜曲, 大概一个星期有那么一次.

5. What kind of music do you like best? Do you like serenade?: 你最喜欢听哪种音乐? 你喜欢听小夜曲吗 ?