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nocturne

/nok-turn/US // ˈnɒk tɜrn //UK // (ˈnɒktɜːn) //

夜曲,夜莺,夜游神,夜神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Music.

    • : a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
    • : an instrumental composition of a dreamy or pensive character.

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Examples

  • The lovely "nocturne" of the evening plain had passed into a Vision or Masque of Force that captured the mind.

  • Azalea stopped singing, but played on in dreamy mood a low, sad nocturne.

  • Emmie sang two more songs, Julia laughing and coquetting with Ethan over prelude and interlude; and then Julia played a nocturne.

  • How can one teach the interpretation of a Chopin nocturne, for instance, by merely talking about it.

  • The unique character of Nocturne makes it very hard to write about Swinnerton.