Reprise



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 音乐剧中) 乐曲的重复;重复
• ［英］ n. ( 音乐剧中) 乐曲的重复 ( musical repetition) ; 重复 ( repeat performance)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, seizure, repossession, expense, from feminine past participle of reprendre to take back, from re- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a deduction or charge made yearly out of a manor or estate — usually used in plural
• 2. a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action
• 3. \［French, from Middle French\］
  • a. a musical repetition:
    • (1) the repetition of the exposition preceding the development
    • (2) recapitulation 3
  • b. a repeated performance ; repetition

II. transitive verb (~d; reprising)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre
• Date: 15th century
• 1. archaic take back; especially to recover by force
• 2. archaic compensate
• 3.
  • a. to repeat the performance of
  • b. to repeat the principal points or stages of ; recapitulate

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