Interlude

['ɪntəl(j)uːd] or ['ɪntɚ'lʊd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance.

(noun.) an intervening period or episode.

(verb.) perform an interlude; 'The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation'.

卡蜜拉整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

(n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

(n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

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解釋/意思:

n. a short dramatic performance or play between the play and afterpiece or between the acts of a play: a short piece of music played between the parts of a drama opera hymn &c.—adj. Interlud′ed inserted as an interlude: having interludes.

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