单词 | ad-lib |
释义 | ad-lib also ad lib Word forms: ad-libs , ad-libbing , ad-libbed 1. verb If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand. He began comically ad-libbing a script. [VERB noun] He's good at ad-libbing his way out of trouble. [VERB noun] He is rather disjointed when he ad-libs. [VERB] ...ad-libbed phrases. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: improvise, speak off the cuff, vamp, busk 2. countable noun An ad-lib is something which is said without having been planned or written beforehand. Every time I fluffed a line Lenny got me out of trouble with a brilliant ad-lib. Synonyms: improvisation, makeshift, impromptu comment, expedient Ad lib is also an adverb. I spoke from the pulpit ad lib. |
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