Word · Frequency #23832
serenades
小夜曲
serenades is the plural of serenade.
a musical composition in several movements, with no fixed form
- 1.
A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
直接唱给心上人的情歌,尤指傍晚在爱人窗下演唱的歌曲。
- 2.
a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
多乐章音乐作品,无固定形式
- 3.
An instrumental composition in several movements.
多乐章的器乐作品。
- 4.
a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
常在女子屋外演奏的歌曲
直接唱给心上人的情歌,尤指傍晚在爱人窗下演唱的歌曲。；多乐章音乐作品,无固定形式；多乐章的器乐作品。；常在女子屋外演奏的歌曲
In use
The young man stood under her window and played a beautiful serenade on his guitar.
She fell asleep listening to a soft serenade coming from the street below.
He wrote a serenade for her birthday and performed it at the party.
serenade sb (with sth)
动词 serenade 是及物动词，宾语通常是人；如果需要说明所演奏或演唱的乐曲，可用 with 引出。
He serenaded her with a love song.
他用一首情歌为她献上小夜曲。
sing/play sb a serenade
这是名词 serenade 的常见双宾语结构，也可以说 sing/play a serenade for sb。
They sang the guests a serenade on the terrace.
他们在露台上为客人们唱了一首小夜曲。
Common mistakes
He serenaded to her under her window.
Connections
Collocations
- play a serenade
- 演奏小夜曲
- He played a serenade under her balcony.他在她的阳台下演奏了一首小夜曲。
- compose a serenade
- 创作一首小夜曲
- She composed a serenade for the festival.她为节日创作了一首小夜曲。
- moonlight serenade
- 月光小夜曲
- They danced to a moonlight serenade on the beach.他们在海滩上伴着月光小夜曲跳舞。
- serenade someone
- 向某人献上小夜曲
- He serenaded his girlfriend under her window.他在女友的窗下为她唱小夜曲。
- be serenaded by
- 被（某人）献上小夜曲
- We were serenaded by a string quartet.一支弦乐四重奏为我们演奏了小夜曲。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
在宁静的夜晚，为心上人唱一首小夜曲（serenade）：记住它以 seren 开头，联想 serene（宁静），浪漫夜色就在眼前。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：classical music、music history、literary works 表示“小夜曲”的 serenade 通常用于古典音乐、音乐史或文学作品等正式或书面语境；日常口语中较少出现，比较常见于对音乐或浪漫场景的描述。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like parade, lemonade, arcade, and cascade rhyme with serenade, all ending in /eɪd/ with stress on the final syllable. Be careful: serene and serendipity begin with the same spelling 'seren' but sound very different (/səˈriːn/ and /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpəti/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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