improvise 音标拼音: ['ɪmprəv
, ɑɪz] [
, ɪmprəv'ɑɪz]
vt . 即席写作,即席即兴,即席而作
即席写作,即席即兴,即席而作
improvise v 1 :
perform without preparation ; "
he extemporized a speech at the wedding " [
synonym : {
improvise }, {
improvize }, {
ad -
lib },
{
extemporize }, {
extemporise }]
2 :
manage in a makeshift way ;
do with whatever is at hand ;
"
after the hurricane destroyed our house ,
we had to improvise for weeks " [
synonym : {
improvise }, {
extemporize }]
Improvise \
Im `
pro *
vise "\,
v .
i .
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions ,
especially in verse or in music ,
without previous preparation ;
hence ,
to do anything offhand .
[
1913 Webster ]
Improvise \
Im `
pro *
vise "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Improvised };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Improvising }.] [
F .
improviser ,
it .
improvvisare ,
fr .
improvviso unprovided ,
sudden ,
extempore ,
L .
improvisus ;
pref .
im -
not provisus foreseen ,
provided .
See {
Proviso }.]
1 .
To compose ,
recite ,
or sing extemporaneously ,
especially in verse ;
to extemporize ;
also ,
to play upon an instrument ,
or to act ,
extemporaneously .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To bring about ,
arrange ,
do ,
or make ,
immediately or on short notice ,
without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Charles attempted to improvise a peace . --
Motley .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To invent ,
or provide ,
offhand ,
or on the spur of the moment ;
as ,
he improvised a hammer out of a stone .
[
1913 Webster ]
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
improvise ":
ad lib ,
ad -
lib ,
be caught napping ,
be surprised ,
be taken unawares ,
be unprepared ,
beget ,
breed ,
bring forth ,
bring into being ,
call into being ,
coin ,
conceive ,
concoct ,
contrive ,
cook up ,
dash off ,
design ,
develop ,
devise ,
discover ,
do offhand ,
dream up ,
engender ,
evolve ,
extemporize ,
fabricate ,
fake ,
frame ,
generate ,
give being to ,
give rise to ,
go off half -
cocked ,
hatch ,
have no plan ,
improvisate ,
invent ,
jury -
rig ,
knock off ,
lash up ,
make do ,
make do with ,
make up ,
mature ,
mint ,
originate ,
plan ,
play by ear ,
procreate ,
scrap the plan ,
spawn ,
strike off ,
strike out ,
think out ,
think up ,
throw off ,
throw together ,
toss off ,
toss out ,
vamp ,
whip up ,
whomp up ,
wing it
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