segue

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n. [用作指示语][音]继续

发音

US /ˈsɛɡweɪ/
AU /ˈsɛɡweɪ/

词形变化

segues 复数 segues segued segueing segues 三单 segueing 现在分词 segued 过去式 segued 过去分词

别名

segué segueway segway

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of segueing, a transition.

v.
  1. 1.

    To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

    I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.

  2. 2.

    To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

    音乐

    Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.

  3. 3.

    To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

passage transition
动词

上位词 4

continue proceed goon carry on

词源

Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.

来源：wiktionary