| 单词 | interlude |
| 释义 | interlude (once / 2742 pages) nv An interlude is a brief period of time that comes in the middle of something. You might enjoy a relaxing lemonade interlude in the middle of a tough day at your road-paving job. Any block of time that comes as a break or a respite from an activity can be called an interlude, so you could talk about a quiet interlude after a noisy birthday party, or an interlude of peace after years of war. Interlude is often used to describe the pauses between acts of a play or during an intermission. In fact, the original meaning came from the Latin interludium, which means "between a play". WORD FAMILYinterlude: interluded, interludes, interluding USAGE EXAMPLESDeutscher participated in the performance, playing musical interludes on the piano and at one point accompanying Cinderella on the violin. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Without the time for such an interlude, this being Manhattan, we bravely tucked into the next course. New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) She brings interludes back to the album format - something absent for a while - to tell stories that push you to think. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n an intervening period or episode Hypo|Hyper entr'acte the interlude between two acts of a play interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants 2n a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance Syn|Hyper entr'acte, intermezzo show the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining 3v perform an interlude The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation Hyper perform give a performance (of something) |
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