n. 再演唱的要求;经要求而再唱
vt. 要求再演或唱
int. 再来一个
encore 加演,再来一个
来自法语,再来一次,再来一个。来自拉丁语hanc horam, 才这个时候,hanc,词源同here. horam, 词源同hour。
Whenever any Gentlemen are particularly pleased with a Song, at their crying out Encore ... the Performer is so obliging as to sing it over again. [Steele, "Spectator" No. 314, 1712]As a noun, from 1763; as a verb, from 1748. Related: Encored.
There appears to be no evidence that either the Fr. or It. word was ever similarly used in its native country. The corresponding word both in Fr. and It. is bis; in It. da capo was formerly used. [OED]