a short piece of music for the orchestra that is played between two parts in an opera or other musical performance间奏曲，幕间曲（歌剧或其他音乐表演中幕与幕之间的过场音乐）Topics Musicc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin intermedium ‘interval’, neuter of intermedius, from inter- ‘between’ + medius ‘middle’.