单词 | companion piece |
释义 | companion piece in British English (kəmˈpænjən piːs) noun a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another The book was conceived as a companion piece to the 27-hour documentary on PBS. In a companion piece, Eberlin proposed temporary measures for each of the afflictedpriests. companion piece in American Englishnoun a literary or musical work that has a close relationship to another work by the same author or composer Word origin [1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, daisy chain, placement, squeegeeExamples of 'companion piece' in a sentence |
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