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    scherzo

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Music
    scher·zo /ˈskeətsəʊ $ ˈskertsoʊ/ noun (plural scherzos) [countable]  APMa happy piece of music that is meant to be played quickly 诙谐曲，谐谑曲
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    scherzo• They also found the filigree lightness necessary for the Octet scherzo.• The point at which a minuet is no longer a minuet, but becomes a waltz or scherzo, is ultimately indefinable.• Miguel and I danced the scherzo together.• The scherzo resumes the sense of not-so-contained violence; and the Presto finale is taken at a dangerously fast pace.    Origin scherzo (1800-1900) Italian “joke”
    scher·zo nounChineseSyllable
    music of piece Corpus meant a happy that is


    scherzo
    scher‧zo /ˈskeətsəʊ $ ˈskertsoʊ/ noun (plural scherzos) [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Italian
     Origin: 'joke'
    a happy piece of music that is meant to be played quickly


    scherzoBrE /ˈskeətsəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskertsoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    scherzos    )     (from Italian)     a short, lively piece of music, that is often part of a longer piece 谐谑曲