Premiere



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 首次公演
• ［英］ n. 首次公演 ( a first performance or exhibition)
• ［记］ 来自premier ( 首要的, 最早的) -> 最早的演出
• ［例］ Several critics attended the musician's premiere.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: alteration of ［sup］1［/sup］premier
• Date: 1768
• premier

II. noun also première

• Etymology: French première, from feminine of premier first
• Date: 1889
• 1. a first performance or exhibition <the premiere of a play>
• 2. the chief actress of a theatrical cast

III. verb also première or premier (premiered; also premièred; premiering; also premièring)

• Date: 1933
• transitive verb
  • to give a first public performance of
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to have a first public performance
  • 2. to appear for the first time as a star performer

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