serenade

• n. 小夜曲
• vt. 為…唱小夜曲
• vi. 唱小夜曲

來自 serene,寧靜的，平靜的，-ity,名詞後綴。用於指男子在所愛慕的女子窗下演奏的小夜曲， 比喻用法。

serenade

serenade: [17] A serenade is strictly a ‘song sung in the evening’, but in fact historically it has nothing to do with ‘night’ – etymologically it is a ‘serene’ piece of music. The word comes via French sérénade from Italian serenata, a derivative of sereno ‘serene’. The notion of a serenata as a piece of ‘night’ music arose through association with sera ‘evening’ (a relative of French soir ‘evening’, from which English gets soirée [19]). Italian sereno came from Latin serēnus ‘bright, clear’, which also produced English serene [16].
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serenade (n.)

1640s, "musical performance at night in open air" (especially one given by a lover under the window of his lady), from French sérénade (16c.), from Italian serenata "an evening song," literally "calm sky," from sereno "the open air," noun use of sereno "clear, calm," from Latin serenus "peaceful, calm, serene." Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening," from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late." Meaning "piece of music suitable for a serenade" is attested from 1728.

serenade (v.)

1660s, from serenade (n.). Related: Serenaded; serenading.

1. Placido Domingo sang his serenade of love.

普拉西多·多明戈演唱他的愛情小夜曲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I sensed this to be a serenade — a Scottish serenade.

我意識到這是一支小夜曲——一支蘇格蘭小夜曲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He said, a gentleman that evening was going to serenade his mistress.

他說, 當天晚上有一位先生向他的情人求愛.

來自辭典例句

4. He would thus serenade him, perhaps once a week, under his windows.

他還在他的窗戶下對他唱起小夜曲, 大概一個星期有那麽一次.

來自辭典例句

5. What kind of music do you like best? Do you like serenade?

你最喜歡聽哪種音樂? 你喜歡聽小夜曲 嗎 ?

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語