riff

Các nghĩa

1. ứng tác

   To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.

   She riffed on the Olympic judges, the bobsled team, then ad-libbed with a woman drinking a martini at the front table.

   For Holyoake a strategic advantage of his newly coined label was the way it riffed on the term 'secular' in the Western Christian imaginary.

   He riffed an upward arpeggio and in a smooth, slightly neutered baritone began singing “Baby Face.”

2. lật nhanh

   To riffle.

   He was gracious enough to thank her, and briefly riffed through the pages before putting it in his briefcase.

3. bình luận hài hước

   To tell jokes over a movie or similar performance.

   A bad sci-fi movie is often ludicrous and silly and ripe for riffing. A bad comedy is usually just dull.

Dạng khác

• riffs present, singular, third-person
• riffing participle, present
• riffed participle, past

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