单词 | encore |
释义 | encorev. 1. a. transitive. To call applaudingly for the repetition of (a song, etc.); to demand a repetition from (a performer). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] > for repetition of performance encore1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiii. 303 They encored it. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxi. 202 Sir Charles sung to the wretches... They encored him without mercy. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 40 I got a part of the audience..to encore my swoon. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iv. 98 The idea of a man pluming himself on the possibility of being encored in a roar. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 182 Lines..reflecting on Pompey..were encored a thousand times. b. absol. or intransitive. To call out ‘encore’; to ask for an encore of a song, etc. ΚΠ 1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Encore. 2. transferred. To go over again (nonce-use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat (an action) [verb (transitive)] > undergo again repeata1586 encore1806 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 26 Till you are..necessitated to turn back, and encore all your sufferings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). encoreint.n. A. int. Again, once more: used by spectators or auditors to demand the repetition of a song, piece of music, or other performance, that has pleased them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [interjection] > specific shout of applause > for repetition of performance ancora1712 encore1712 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 314. ⁋9 Whenever any Gentlemen are particularly pleased with a Song, at their crying out Encore..the Performer is so obliging as to sing it over again. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xii. iii. 87 Pray speak to Sir Toby to cry out, Encore. 1781 J. Moore View Soc. Italy (1795) I. 189 A Duo..drew an universal encora from the spectators. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1464 Loud..shouts of ‘encore’, roused him. B. n. A call for the repetition of a song, etc.; the repetition itself. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > for repetition of performance encore1763 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 206 If the Audience were warmed by the Subject of an Opera..the Encore, instead of being desireable, would generally disgust. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 310 His anguish doubling by his own ‘encore’. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 210 That'll be a double encore if you take care, boys. 1883 Athenæum 2 June 697/3 There is nothing in the twenty pages..to warrant an encore. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 192 I know all the words except the encore verse. 1891 N.E.D. at Encore Mod. No encores allowed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1748int.n.1712 |
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