ovation

noun

/əʊˈveɪʃn/

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单词	ovation
释义	ovation noun /əʊˈveɪʃn/ /əʊˈveɪʃn/ jump to other results enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats). Wordfinder cue dresser matinee opening night ovation performance prompter rehearsal scene-shifter stage manager Extra Examples He received the longest ovation of the evening. The final piece won her a rapturous ovation from the audience. Topics Film and theatrec2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective enthusiastic huge long … verb + ovation give somebody get receive … preposition to an ovation ovation from See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-), from ovare ‘exult’. The word had the sense ‘exultation’ from the mid 17th to early 19th cent.
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