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olivette

/ol-uh-vet/US // ˌɒl əˈvɛt //

橄榄枝,橄榄油,橄榄球,橄榄树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Theater.

    • : a large floodlight having a single bulb.

Examples

  • This, that he thought at the time to be an exclusively English invention, was the old Provenal dance of the olivette.

  • Valentine seizes his opportunity, passes himself off as the Captain, and marries Olivette at the request of the Countess herself.

  • She is at the house of the Seneschal, and is surprised there by Valentine, who has climbed her balcony expecting to find Olivette.

  • Both uncle and nephew then renounce Olivette until the Countess returns and an explanation is made.

  • We were honored next day by a call from an officer of the Olivette, with his assistant.