enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval 热烈鼓掌;热烈欢迎 to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation 对某人表示万分的/狂热的/热烈的欢迎 The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats). 独奏演员受到了长达十分钟的起立鼓掌欢呼。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec2He received the longest ovation of the evening. 他得到了晚会上最持久的掌声。 The final piece won her a rapturous ovation from the audience. 最后一支曲子为她赢得了观众的热烈掌声。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enthusiastic
- huge
- long
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- give somebody
- get
- receive
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- to an ovation
- ovation from
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-), from ovare ‘exult’. The word had the sense ‘exultation’ from the mid 17th to early 19th cent.