| 单词 | adagio |
| 释义 | adagio (once / 11088 pages) advadjn In music, the term adagio means played slowly. If a symphony has an adagio movement, it's a section that's played at a slow tempo. Adagio can be an instruction on a piece of sheet music, directing the musician to play slowly, or it can be a description of a musical interlude. Sometimes a composition has the word adagio in its title, like Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." The origin of adagio is the Italian phrase ad agio, in which ad means "at" or "to," and agio means "leisure." WORD FAMILYadagio: adagios USAGE EXAMPLESThere were some effective moments in the Adagio, but after a graceful opening oboe solo from Anne Marie Gabriele, the Allegretto turned poky. Los Angeles Times(Nov 27, 2016) Why is Tchaikovsky’s music for their grand adagio so unsugary, so imposing, so colossal? New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) The first movement begins with an Adagio introduction, flickering with piercing chords and sustained sonorities; this leads to a bustling, densely contrapuntal Allegro. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1adv slowly here you must play adagio 2adj (of tempo) leisurely Syn slow at a slow tempo 3n (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully) they played the adagio too quickly Hyper composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created musical passage, passagea short section of a musical composition 4n a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers Hyper dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
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