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单词 adagio
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(ədɑːdʒioʊ, US -dʒoʊ)
Word forms: plural adagios
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
Adagio written above a piece of music means that it should be played slowly.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
An adagio is a piece of music that is played slowly.
...Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings.
...the Adagio movement of his Sixth Symphony.

adagio in British English

(əˈdɑːdʒɪˌəʊ, Italian aˈdadʒo) music
adjective, adverb
1. 
(to be performed) slowly
nounWord forms: plural -gios
2. 
a movement or piece to be performed slowly
3.  ballet
a slow section of a pas de deux
Word origin
C18: Italian, from ad at + agio ease

adagio in American English

(əˈdɑdʒoʊ; əˈdɑʒoʊ; əˈdɑdʒiˌoʊ; əˈdɑʒiˌoʊ)
[also in italics]; Music
adjective, adverb
1. 
(in a) slow and leisurely (manner)
often used as a musical direction
nounWord forms: plural aˈdagios
2. 
an adagio movement or passage
3. 
a slow ballet dance, esp. the main section of a pas de deux, requiring skillful partnering and balancing
Word origin
It ad agio, lit., at ease

Examples of 'adagio' in a sentence
adagio

The exception's the final adagio, when the symphony bows out in heartfelt song.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Outside the beautiful adagio, she often resembled a thin brown line attached to the top of the other players' music.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The warmth displayed in the opening adagio was refreshing, but the constant flux in this elusive symphony needs to sound natural, inevitable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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