单词 | in rehearsal |
释义 | > as lemmasin rehearsal b. The action or process of rehearsing something, or of being rehearsed. Usually following prepositions, esp. in in rehearsal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adverb] > being rehearsed in rehearsal1698 1698 Pendragon 175 The Mixture was as universal As that of Grand Dance in Rehearsal. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 1. ⁋6 The Town is at present in very great Expectation of seeing a Comedy now in Rehearsal. 1728 Gay in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 95 The second part of the Beggar's Opera..was almost ready for rehearsal. 1762 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch XII. 106 The comedy of Wedding Day was put into rehearsal. 1826 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XVII. 106 He was so prolix and tedious in the rehearsal of his character. 1860 F. W. Robinson Grandmother's Money vi. iv The opera was put in rehearsal, and the most trying time to dramatic or operatic authors succeeded. 1890 F. Barrett Between Life & Death II. xxvi. 148 A new spectacle was..put up for rehearsal after Christmas. 1929 T. Gordon Born to Be 170 He insisted upon me singing it... During rehearsal, we tried to show him it was a dog. 1958 T. Williams Let. 18 Aug. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 154 You know how good swimming is for my nerves when I have a play in rehearsal. 1973 L. Hellman Pentimento 175 We were still in rehearsal, about a week before the play was to open in Baltimore. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 125/1 Two months before the performance we were in rehearsal with a fantastic group of totally committed and gifted singers. < as lemmas |
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