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virtuoso

/vur-choo-oh-soh/US // ˌvɜr tʃuˈoʊ soʊ //UK // (ˌvɜːtjʊˈəʊzəʊ, -səʊ) //

杰作,名家,杰出的,杰出人物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural vir·tu·o·sos, vir·tu·o·si [vur-choo-oh-see]. /ˌvɜr tʃuˈoʊ si/.

    • : a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
    • : a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
    • : a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc.
    • : Obsolete. a person who has special interest or knowledge in the arts and sciences; scientist; scholar.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : Also vir·tu·os·ic [vur-choo-os-ik]. /ˌvɜr tʃuˈɒs ɪk/. of, relating to, or characteristic of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who is an expert

Examples

  • As someone who hardly slowed down since he first picked up the trumpet in his early teens and became a standout in the jazz scene of the ’60s, the jazz virtuoso would finally come of age at 32 with this album.

  • I’ll give you one from “Scenario,” which is a virtuoso, astounding piece of pure writing.

  • The guitar virtuoso also allegedly lent a van to a band that is performing throughout the United Kingdom to protest restrictions.

  • At 12, he founded his first group, the Band Busters, which played on radio and at dances and included 14-year-old clarinet virtuoso Buddy DeFranco, who became a major jazz star.

  • Featuring 84 regional artists and juried by virtuoso local printmaker Susan Goldman, the show is available only online, both as individual artworks and a virtual walk-through.

  • What results is a kind of mashup concert, a virtuoso mixed-media DJ set tuned to a keen emotional pitch.

  • Jazz is a very high-virtuoso level of music to play for a percussionist.

  • Well, that was a virtuoso performance by Chris Christie yesterday.

  • “Those who are virtuoso full-time boycotters should not talk about boycotts,” Druckman said.

  • It was a show of epic length with an overstocked lake of new members, all virtuoso players who blazed through the hits.

  • An undoubted violin of any period of this great master's make, is well worthy the attention of the virtuoso.

  • At the end of the concerto the applause was generous enough to satisfy the most exacting virtuoso.

  • The prince performed the operation, and repeated it three times, in presence of the virtuoso.

  • "But an ordinary hermit wouldn't be able to play like a virtuoso," objected Amy.

  • He was a pleasant-looking young man, good-hearted, enthusiastic, and a gifted virtuoso.