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单词 serenade
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serenaden.

/sɛrɪˈneɪd/
Forms: Also 1600s serenate, 1700s seranade.
Etymology: < French sérénade (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), apparently < Italian serenata : see serenata n.
1.
a. A performance of vocal or instrumental music given at night in the open air, esp. such a performance given by a lover under the window of his lady.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades > performance of music by lover for his beloved
serenade1656
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > serenade
serenade1656
1656 in T. Blount Glossographia
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 236 They go and give the Governour a Serenade.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 768 Serenate, which the starv'd Lover sings To his proud fair. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses v. 23 The Musick and Serenades that were given her, sounded more ungratefully in her Ears, than the Noise of a Screech Owl.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iii. iii. 57 My voice woke the stillness of the waving sedges with a soldier's serenade.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer i. 163 A serenade is an every-day affair.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 118 Or the soft Serenades above In calme of Night, when Cats make Love.
1656 A. Cowley Misc. 38 in Poems Foolish Prater, what do'st thou So early at my window do With thy tuneless Serenade?
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. i. 27 We are enabled to..entertain our selves with the Serenades of a Good Conscience.
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross III. iii. 34 When I will finish wot I've left unsung, as the tom-cat said when the brick-bat cut short his serenade.
1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India 391 I listened one night to the most remarkable serenade of tigers I ever heard.
2. A poem suitable for a serenade. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades > poem suitable for a serenade
serenade1710
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > other poems to be sung
ronc1225
madrigal1586
serenade1710
pennill1784
pada1873
cantiga1915
1710 Tatler No. 222 Horace's tenth Ode of the third book was originally a Serenade.
3. Music. A piece of music suitable or specially composed for singing or playing in the open air as a complimentary performance.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > serenade
goodnight1600
serenade1728
cassation1879
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > serenade
window-song1609
serenade1728
serenata1743
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Pieces compos'd or play'd on these Occasions, are also call'd Serenades.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. iii. 127 Some of their servants..were performing a simple serenade.
1883 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music III. 467/2 The most delicious example of this that we possess is the Serenade in Sterndale Bennett's Chamber Trio in A, Op. 27.
1893–7 J. S. Shedlock tr. K. W. J. H. Riemann Dict. Music (at cited word) The only thing retained from the past in serenades is that they have more movements than is usual in a sonata or symphony.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.
ΚΠ
1908 W. S. Rockstro in Grove's Dict. Music IV. 418/2 The two Serenade trios of Beethoven.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The six-movement scheme (though without the serenade style) was adopted by Beethoven in..the string quartet in B flat.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The classics of the serenade forms are among the works of Mozart and Haydn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

serenadev.

/sɛrɪˈneɪd/
Etymology: < serenade n.
1.
a. transitive. To entertain (a person) with a serenade.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > entertain with a serenade
serenade1672
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music
jig1598
serenade1672
prelude1795
shivaree1805
dirge1826
ran-tan1866
overture1870
threnody1893
ragtime1908
rag1914
blow1949
1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood ii. i I intend to serenade the whole Park to-night.
1691 Comedy, Win Her & Take Her i. ii. 5 A fourth [would] make verses upon you; treat, present, and Serenade you.
1727 S. Sewall Diary 15 Apr. (1973) II. 1052 Last night three musicians serenaded me under my Chamber Window.
1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. xxv. 253 It's only a parcel of fellers gone to serenade an old widower that's been a-marrying of a young girl.
1887 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. vi I am going to beg our guests to come with us and serenade a lady whose name I will not mention.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. ii. 123 From serenading his Patient every Hunting Morning with the Horn under his Window, it was impossible to withhold him. View more context for this quotation
1774 G. White Let. 28 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 182 In hot mornings several [swifts]..dash round the steeples and churches, squeaking as they go in a very clamorous manner: these..are supposed to be males serenading their sitting hens.
1825 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol.: Pt. 1st 240 The male bird..uttering the singular but unmusical notes with which he serenades his mate during incubation.
2. intransitive (or absol.) To perform a serenade.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > perform a serenade
serenade1671
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music
serenade1671
prelude1680
fugue1783
pastoralize1828
preludize1829
symphonize1833
ran-tan1866
counterpoint1875
rag1896
ragtime1908
jazz1916
rock1931
jivec1938
bop1947
blow1949
rock-and-roll1956
skiffle1957
hip-hop1983
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 29 When I go a Serenading again with 'em, I'll give 'em leave to make Fiddle-strings of my small-guts.
1710 Tatler No. 222 Our honest countrymen..seldom begin to sing until they are drunk; which also is usually the time when they are most disposed to Serenade.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 299 I'll warrant, these cavaliers have their loves among the Spanish beauties..and will soon be serenading under their balconies.

Derivatives

sereˈnading n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > performing a serenade
serenading1673
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [adjective]
defunctive1601
epicedial?c1615
pastoritial1654
serenading1673
nomic1728
rhapsodic1844
polycephalic1850
nocturnal1896
palindromic1961
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing other music
serenading1673
caroling1867
yodelling1886
torchy1941
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades
serenading1797
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > specific type of music
gibbeting1615
fuguing1694
serenading1797
hornpiping1864
ragging1899
jazzing1917
riffing1933
rocking1948
rock 'n' rolling1956
skiffling1957
rifferama1977
riffola1979
hip-hopping1987
riffage1991
1673 J. Dryden Assignation ii. iii. 19 Where is this Serenading Rascall?
?c1710 J. Taylor Journey Edenborough (1903) 90 We caus'd 3 Serenading Tunes to be particularly plai'd at Sir Lothian Blackets, Enamoretta's and Astraca's houses.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxviii. 449 The custom of serenading..ever will prevail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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