ovation
noun /əʊˈveɪʃn/
/əʊˈveɪʃn/
- enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval
热烈鼓掌；热烈欢迎 - to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation
对某人表示万分的／狂热的／热烈的欢迎 - The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats).
独奏演员受到了长达十分钟的起立鼓掌欢呼。
Wordfinder- cue
- dresser
- matinee
- opening night
- ovation
- performance
- prompter
- rehearsal
- scene-shifter
- stage manager
Topics Film and theatrec2- He received the longest ovation of the evening.
他得到了晚会上最持久的掌声。 - The final piece won her a rapturous ovation from the audience.
最后一支曲子为她赢得了观众的热烈掌声。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enthusiastic
- huge
- long
- …
- give somebody
- get
- receive
- …
- to an ovation
- ovation from
词源early 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-), from ovare ‘exult’. The word had the sense ‘exultation’ from the mid 17th to early 19th cent. - to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation