intermezzo
/in-ter-met-soh, -med-zoh/US // ˌɪn tərˈmɛt soʊ, -ˈmɛd zoʊ //UK // (ˌɪntəˈmɛtsəʊ) //
间奏曲,插曲,间奏,间歇曲
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural in·ter·mez·zos, in·ter·mez·zi [in-ter-met-see, -med-zee], /ˌɪn tərˈmɛt si, -ˈmɛd zi/,
- : a short dramatic, musical, or other entertainment of light character, introduced between the acts of a drama or opera.
- : a short musical composition between main divisions of an extended musical work.
- : a short, independent musical composition.
Examples
Later it is interrupted by a lyric intermezzo, brief but pathetically sweet.
Then follows an Intermezzo in the key of the relative minor.
Thus, in spite of the disturbing intermezzo, the concert terminated to the general satisfaction of all.
She swung round on her music-stool and began the intermezzo again, getting up as her aunt entered with Edith.
This note sounds much more clearly—one might say defiantly—through the last two acts of "Intermezzo."
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