serenade /ˌsɛrɪˈneɪd/ TEM8 ( serenading, serenaded, serenades )

• 1. 

  V-T If one person serenades another, they sing or play a piece of music for them. Traditionally men did this outside the window of the woman they loved. 演唱小夜曲

  例：

  In the interval a blond boy dressed in white serenaded the company on the flute.

  幕间休息时,一位白衣金发的男孩用长笛为来宾演奏了一支小夜曲。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Serenade is also a noun. 小夜曲

  例：

  Placido Domingo sang his serenade of love.

  普拉西多·多明戈演唱他的爱情小夜曲。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT In classical music, a serenade is a piece in several parts written for a small orchestra. (古典音乐中为小型管弦乐队谱写的)组曲 [oft in names]

  例：

  ...Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music.

  ...沃恩·威廉斯的《音乐小夜曲》。