riff

英 [rɪf]

美 [rɪf]

n.  (流行音乐或爵士乐的)重复段

复数：riffs　第三人称单数：riffs　现在分词：riffing　过去式：riffed　过去分词：riffed　

Collins.1 / BNC.27077 / COCA.15730

牛津词典

noun

• （流行音乐或爵士乐的）重复段
  a short repeated pattern of notes in popular music or jazz

柯林斯词典

• (爵士乐和摇滚乐中的)重复乐段
  In jazz and rock music, ariffis a short repeated tune.
• N-COUNT (一小段表达一定主题或思想的)讲话，文章
  Ariffis a short piece of speech or writing that develops a particular theme or idea.
  1. Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
     罗就偏见的本质讲了一番很精辟的话。

英英释义

noun

• a jazz ostinato

verb

• play riffs
• look through a book or other written material
  1. He thumbed through the report
  2. She leafed through the volume
  Synonym:flickflipthumbriffleleaf

双语例句

• To riff on psychoanalysis, a pair of jeans is never just a pair of jeans.
  以纵的精神，牛仔裤从来只是对牛仔裤。
• I spent all weekend practicing my comedy riff, but when I actually got up on stage, I was so nervous I forgot what to day.
  整个周末我都在排练我的小品段子，可当我真的上了台以后我太紧张了，忘了该说什么了。
• Yeah, we like to riff.
  是的，我们喜欢即兴表演。
• Now try playing a riff, single note, or melody that reflects the events in your mind.
  现在试着弹一个即兴小段，单独的音符或在你的反映你思想中的事件的旋律。
• Brown rejoined the band in1982 and Banner Thomas left and was replaced by Riff West.
  布朗在1982年重新加入乐队和横幅托马斯离开，由纵西取代。
• Learning how to dance, or drum, or to swing my body in a new way is the fundamental way I find a new riff.
  学习如何跳舞，或者打鼓，或是以一个新的方法去摇摆我的身体，这些就是我如何找到一个新的旋律的基本方法。
• During the second hundred-page riff, I thought, This is dull, but maybe it's a reinforcing literary device.
  到第二个100页，我心想，这很无趣，但它可能是个用于强化的文学手段。
• That's why that riff sucks.
  这就是那一段不好的原因。
• For anyone too young to remember, those were the only lyrics to a classic surf-rock song; the rest was all instrumental, with a great guitar riff.
  大家都太年轻了，以至没有什么可以回忆的，唯一抒情诗就是一首经典的冲浪摇滚，还有就是一把好的吉他。
• Riff, everything is important.
  瑞夫，每件事都是很重要的。