ad-lib

柯林斯詞典

ad-lib (also ad lib) (ad-libbing,ad-libbed,ad-libs)

• 1. V-T If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something that has not been planned or written beforehand. 即興穿插

  He began comically ad-libbing a script. 他開(kāi)始即興穿插一段劇本了。

  ...ad-libbed phrases. …即興的樂(lè)句。

• 2. N-COUNT An ad-lib is something that is said without having been planned or written beforehand. 即興穿插的內(nèi)容

  Every time I fluffed a line Lenny got me out of trouble with a brilliant ad-lib. 每當(dāng)我忘記臺(tái)詞的時(shí)候，倫尼都會(huì)即興地補(bǔ)上很好的一段替我解圍。

• 3. ADV Ad lib is also an adverb. 即興[ADV after v]

  I spoke from the pulpit ad lib. 我在講壇上做了即興發(fā)言。

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