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riff

/rif/US // rɪf //UK // (rɪf) music //

里夫,涟漪,肋骨,裂纹

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to perform riffs.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incondition
Forms: riffed, riffing
as inscan
Forms: riffed, riffing

Examples

  • The signature “Christmapolitan,” a holiday-themed riff on the Cosmopolitan with cinnamon and spiced cranberry sauce, will be back as well.

  • We got slightly overexcited about the design here without thinking about how clunky it might be to take out, so definitely riff on our idea.

  • Video games such as “Gran Turismo 4” and “Guitar Hero” have used his riffs.

  • He was a classically trained pianist who also created some of the most distinctive guitar riffs in rock history.

  • The result was this 160-word riff, the sort of thing that will end up in history books as a marker of why the United States found itself in its current position.

  • The pair riff on pink slime, the New World Order, and even the War on Christmas™.

  • Not that the Shakespearean riff on/rip off is limited to novels.

  • The crowd was there to listen to Chappelle riff on everything from the Wu-Tang Clan to Barack Obama to gay rights.

  • He continued to sing, but now we were "playing" the guitar riff with our voices.

  • Remember the Woody Allen riff about “what terrible food, and such small portions” at a Catskill Resort?

  • These are the poorer class of models—the riff-raff of the Quarter—who get anywhere from a few sous to a few francs for a séance.

  • Riff is only a few miles from Kesgrave Church, where you can still see the tombstone of the gipsy queen in the churchyard.

  • The father of one of the oldest inhabitants of Riff witnessed the immense concourse of gipsies who attended the funeral.

  • The floating riff-raff had passed away, leaving a solid, intelligent population of sixteen hundred.

  • The punishment inflicted on the Riff pirates was soon forgotten, and they continued their depredations on British commerce.