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ridotto

/ri-dot-oh/US // rɪˈdɒt oʊ //UK // (rɪˈdɒtəʊ) //

减少了,减少,减少的,缩减

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ri·dot·tos.

    • : a public ball or dance with music and often in masquerade, popular in the 18th century.

Examples

  • I also met the sensible Lady Helen Windsor at the Ridotto, who had obviously come to the same conclusion as McAlpine.

  • Bettina von Hase reports from the Ridotto, where Casanova once roamed.

  • The Ridotto was the first gambling locale in Europe, for hundreds of years a symbol of Venetian decadence.

  • "Regular Ridotto business, the Spanish consul says," answered Hoskins.

  • We saw you in the Ridotto-room when we heard your beautiful music.

  • He would sometimes return early from assembly, rout, or ridotto to pay a visit to Mr. Ripple.

  • The two in which they reached their climax took place in the large Ridotto room (Redouten-Saal) of the imperial palace.

  • I had danced with my lover at the ridotto on the preceding evening, and there perhaps our eyes betrayed us.