ridotto

n. 化装舞会, 舞蹈会

发音

UK /ɹɪˈdɒtəʊ/
US /ɹəˈdoʊtoʊ/

词形变化

ridottoes ridottos 复数 ridottos ridottoes 复数 ridotti 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.

    历史

    May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.

  2. 2.

    An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

    音乐

词源

Borrowed from Italian ridotto (“foyer”). Doublet of redoubt.

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