improv
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈɪm.prɒv/us/ˈɪm.prɑːv/aperformance, forexampleofcomedyoracting, that isimprovised(=inventedas it is doneratherthan using words ormusicwritten andpractisedinadvance):
即兴乐；即兴表演；即兴剧The showmixesscriptedsatirewith improv.该节目将准备好剧本的讽刺内容与即兴表演混合在一起。
Isawhim do an improv at acomedyfestival.我在喜剧节上看过他的即兴剧。
Shestartedout with an improvtheatregroup.她的演艺生涯从一个即兴剧团开始。
- Improv is usually either really good or reallyterrible.
- He did abitofjazzimprov.
- A fewpeoplewalkedout and then someone said "It's an improv".
- Hedecidedto have theactorsdo an improv inpublicastheircharacters.
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- corpse
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- interpreter
- method acting
- overact
- re-enactment
- recreation
- rep
- tread
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party
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