serenade: [17] A serenade is strictly a ‘song sung in the evening’, but in fact historically it has nothing to do with ‘night’ – etymologically it is a ‘serene’ piece of music. The word comes via French sérénade from Italian serenata, a derivative of sereno ‘serene’. The notion of a serenata as a piece of ‘night’ music arose through association with sera ‘evening’ (a relative of French soir ‘evening’, from which English gets soirée [19]). Italian sereno came from Latin serēnus ‘bright, clear’, which also produced English serene [16]. => serene
serenade (n.)
1640s, "musical performance at night in open air" (especially one given by a lover under the window of his lady), from French sérénade (16c.), from Italian serenata "an evening song," literally "calm sky," from sereno "the open air," noun use of sereno "clear, calm," from Latin serenus "peaceful, calm, serene." Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening," from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late." Meaning "piece of music suitable for a serenade" is attested from 1728.
serenade (v.)
1660s, from serenade (n.). Related: Serenaded; serenading.
实用例句
1. Placido Domingo sang his serenade of love.
普拉西多·多明戈演唱他的爱情小夜曲。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I sensed this to be a serenade — a Scottish serenade.
我意识到这是一支小夜曲——一支苏格兰小夜曲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He said, a gentleman that evening was going to serenade his mistress.
他说, 当天晚上有一位先生向他的情人求爱.
来自辞典例句
4. He would thus serenade him, perhaps once a week, under his windows.
他还在他的窗户下对他唱起小夜曲, 大概一个星期有那么一次.
来自辞典例句
5. What kind of music do you like best? Do you like serenade?
