revue
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·vue /rɪˈvjuː/ noun [countable] APTa show in a theatre that includes songs, dances, and jokes about recent events 〔穿插歌舞和时事讽刺的〕表演剧
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revue• King's Theatre Presents opera, ballet, visiting productions and revues.• Converted from a Baptist church built in 1911, the Cabaret offers patrons a full dinner followed by a colorful revue.• After graduating, she concentrated on comedy, touring in revues and writing and performing in fringe venues.• It would last for another six months, but by the time it ended, intimate revue was finally dead.• Steen continued presenting revues, with an increasing reliance on scripted comedy rather than just dancing girls, until the outbreak of war.• Dancers held hands as they bowed at the end of one weekly television revue.• Actually, it was Cook who killed off the revue form.Origin revue (1800-1900) French revoir “to look over”, from voir “to see”re·vue nounChineseSyllable
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revue
re‧vue /rɪˈvjuː/
noun [countable]
re‧vue /rɪˈvjuː/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: revoir 'to look over', from voir 'to see'
a show in a theatre that includes songs, dances, and jokes about recent events
Language: French
Origin: revoir 'to look over', from voir 'to see'