单词 | viva |
释义 | vivan.1int. A cry of ‘long live’ as a salute or greeting; a shout of applause; a cheer or hurrah: a. As a n., in the plural vivas. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > shout of approval > collectively vivac1660 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 281 The..multitudes..looking out of their windoes & houses with lowd viva's & acclamations of felicity to their new Prince. 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 268 The Cavaliero..received the repeated Vivas of that vast Concourse. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 53 He kept bowing and scraping,..answering the paid vivas of the populace with one of his jolis mots. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xiii. 34 Whereat the popular exultation drunk With indrawn ‘vivas’, the whole sunny air. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags III. ii. 23 Lifting her, with wild vivas that rent the sky, on to the shoulders of the four tallest men. b. As an exclamation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [interjection] > specific shout of applause vivat1663 huzza1682 hey for1689 ancora1712 hurrah1716 bravo1761 hip1811 viva1842 rah1871 olé1914 brava1943 kaiso1947 yay1963 1842 R. H. Barham Auto-da-fé in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 64 How they shouted, and fired the great guns in the Square, Cried ‘Viva!’ and rung all the bells in the steeple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vivan.2 University colloquial. = viva voce n. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > oral or viva examination viva voce1842 quiz1867 oral1876 defence1888 viva1891 1891 Athenæum 19 Dec. 825/2 The description of his vivâ will bring vivid recollections of similar tortures to many minds. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 27 July 1/3 If a man has done his paperwork either very well or very badly, the ‘viva’ is almost entirely formal. Derivatives ˈviva v. (transitive) to subject to a viva voce examination; also intransitive, to examine viva voce. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > examine orally viva1893 society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > examine orally audit1805 viva-voce1880 viva1893 1893 in J. B. Firth Minstrelsy of Isis (1908) 190 We shall laugh at our Tutors and leave them to ‘viva’ themselves and be free. 1907 ‘B. Burke’ Barbara goes to Oxf. 122 Facing them..sat the youth who was being vivâed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1int.c1660n.21891 |
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