coda

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co·da /ˈkəʊdə $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [countable]  1. APMan additional separate part at the end of a piece of music 〔乐曲、乐章的〕尾声，结束乐段2. ALa separate piece of writing at the end of a work of literature or a speech 〔文学作品或演说的〕结尾，尾声

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coda• The show is a coda to Uglow's exhibition at the Kolner Kunstverein this autumn.• A coda to a Wagner song finds Cynthia Loemij winding down as the set is dismantled by stagehands.• Even so, the final forty seconds of the film provided a fascinating little coda on all that had happened.• It was a natural coda in his story.• At the coda it repeats the B section groove until the fade.• The finale itself is a bit on the slow side, increasingly so during the coda.• It is the coda of the executioner, the knell of bloody doom.Origin coda (1700-1800) Italian Latin cauda “tail”

co·da nounChineseSyllable  

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coda
co‧da /ˈkəʊdə $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [countable]1. an additional separate part at the end of a piece of music
2. a separate piece of writing at the end of a work of literature or a speech

codaBrE /ˈkəʊdə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkoʊdə/ 🔊 nounthe final passage of a piece of music （乐曲的）后奏，尾声；结尾乐段◆(figurative) The final two months were a miserable coda to the President's first period in office. 总统首届任期的最后两个月非常糟糕。🔊🔊