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fioritura

/fee-awr-i-toor-uh, -ohr-; Italian fyaw-ree-too-rah/US // fiˌɔr ɪˈtʊər ə, -ˌoʊr-; Italian ˌfyɔ riˈtu rɑ //UK // (ˌfjɔːrɪˈtʊərə, ˌfiːərɪ-) //

开花,开花的,开花期,开花的时候

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fio·ri·tu·re [fee-awr-i-toor-ey, -ohr-; Italian fyaw-ree-too-re]. /fiˌɔr ɪˈtʊər eɪ, -ˌoʊr-; Italian ˌfyɔ riˈtu rɛ/. Music.

    • : the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.

Examples

  • Their songs were low and musical, not unlike the song of the canary, though there were no cadenzas or fioritura passages.

  • She neither added a single fioritura nor a single ornament which had not been noted by the composer.

  • Fioritura means embroidery, while cantabile means "song-like."

  • Valentine's prayer, if given, was so overlaid with fioritura that I did not feel sure of it.