an extra short performance given at the end of a concert or other performance; a request for this made by an audience calling out (音乐会或其他演出结束时)加演的节目;(观众要求的)再演一个;安可 She played a Chopin waltz as an encore. 她应听众的要求又加演了一首肖邦的圆舞曲。 The group got three encores. 乐团三次得到观众 “再来一个” 的请求。
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2He took several encores before the crowd finally began to leave. 他又加演了几次,最后观众才离开。 The audience called for an encore. 观众要求加演一次。 The singer gave four encores. 那位歌手应观众要求返场 4 次。 You'll never get an encore if you perform like that! 你要照这样表演下去,永远不会有观众要你加演 !
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + encore- do
- give
- play
- …
- as an encore
- for an encore
Word Originearly 18th cent.: French, literally ‘still, again’.