Improvise



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 即席而作
• ［英］ v. 即席而作 ( extemporize)
• ［类］ text : extemporize / score : improvise ( 即兴演讲不需要原稿 / 即兴演奏不需要乐谱)
• ［记］ im ( 不) +pro ( 前) +vise ( 看) -> 没有预先看过 -> 即席创作

Webster Collegiate

verb (-vised; -vising)

• Etymology: French improviser, from Italian improvvisare, from improvviso sudden, from Latin improvisus, literally, unforeseen, from in- + provisus, past participle of providēre to see ahead — more at provide
• Date: 1826
• transitive verb
  • 1. to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
  • 2. to make, invent, or arrange offhand
  • 3. to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand <improvise a meal>
• intransitive verb
  • to improvise something
• ? improviser or improvisor noun

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