overture 音标拼音: ['ovɚtʃɚ]
n . 提议,提案,初步交涉
vt . 提议
提议,提案,初步交涉提议
overture n 1 :
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio 2 :
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows ; "
training is a necessary preliminary to employment ";
"
drinks were the overture to dinner " [
synonym : {
preliminary },
{
overture }, {
prelude }]
3 :
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others ; "
she rejected his advances " [
synonym : {
overture },
{
advance }, {
approach }, {
feeler }]
Overture \
O "
ver *
ture \, [
OF .
overture ,
F .
ouverture ,
fr .
OF .
ovrir ,
F .
ouvrir .
See {
Overt }.]
1 .
An opening or aperture ;
a recess ;
a chamber . [
Obs .]
--
Spenser . "
The cave '
s inmost overture ." --
Chapman .
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2 .
Disclosure ;
discovery ;
revelation . [
Obs .]
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It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us .
--
Shak .
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3 .
A proposal ;
an offer ;
a proposition formally submitted for consideration ,
acceptance ,
or rejection . "
The great overture of the gospel ." --
Barrow .
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4 . (
Mus .)
A composition ,
for a full orchestra ,
designed as an introduction to an oratorio ,
opera ,
or ballet ,
or as an independent piece ; --
called in the latter case a {
concert overture }.
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Overture \
O "
ver *
ture \,
v .
t .
To make an overture to ;
as ,
to overture a religious body on some subject .
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
overture ":
Vorspiel ,
advance ,
approach ,
asking price ,
avant -
propos ,
bid ,
breakthrough ,
concert overture ,
curtain raiser ,
descant ,
dramatic overture ,
exordium ,
feeler ,
foreword ,
front matter ,
frontispiece ,
innovation ,
introduction ,
invitation ,
leap ,
offer ,
offering ,
operatic overture ,
overtures ,
postulate ,
preamble ,
preface ,
prefix ,
prefixture ,
preliminary ,
preliminary approach ,
prelude ,
premise ,
presentation ,
presupposition ,
proem ,
proffer ,
prolegomena ,
prolegomenon ,
prolepsis ,
prologue ,
proposal ,
proposition ,
protasis ,
submission ,
tender ,
tentative approach ,
vamp ,
verse ,
voluntary
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