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

• My favorite riff in the song is at the beginning of the chorus.
  我最爱这首歌开头合唱的那一小段。
• That's why that riff sucks.
  这就是那一段不好的原因。
• 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。
• 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。
• Who let all this riff raff into the room?
  谁让这些乱七八糟的东西进来的？
• Riff, everything is important.
  瑞夫，每件事都是很重要的。
• The singers and guitarists would keep challenging the dancers with either a chant, hand clapping or just a riff.
  吉他和歌手总是要随便弹一段或唱一段，而跳舞的人则要通过丰富的肢体语言作出即兴的的回答。
• 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。
• I thought that just having the bass guitar slightly distorted playing segments of the riff would be a good place to start, playing to the rhythm of the marching only.
  我认为，仅仅有轻微的扭曲贝司吉他演奏的即兴部分将是一个很好的起点，玩到只行进节奏。
• If the little person were the riff, what would his body and face look like?
  如果小人在弹即兴小段，他的身体和脸看起来是什么样子？