英语词汇“ad-lib”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ad-libad-lib /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ verb (ad-libbed, ad-libbing)

ETYMOLOGYad-lib

Origin: 1900-2000 ad lib without any preparation (19-21 centuries), from Modern Latin ad libitum according to desire

VERB TABLE

ad-lib

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ad-lib
	he, she, it	ad-libs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ad-libbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ad-libbed
	he, she, it	has ad-libbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ad-libbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ad-lib
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ad-libbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ad-libbing
	he, she, it	is ad-libbing
	you, we, they	are ad-libbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was ad-libbing
	you, we, they	were ad-libbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ad-libbing
	he, she, it	has been ad-libbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ad-libbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ad-libbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ad-libbing

[intransitive, transitive] to say something in a speech, a performance of a play, etc. without preparing or planning it: I had to ad-lib the whole speech.—ad-lib noun [countable]—ad-lib adjective, adverb