enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval 热烈鼓掌；热烈欢迎- to give somebody a huge/rapturous/rousing ovation对某人表示万分的／狂热的／热烈的欢迎
- The soloist got a ten-minute standing ovation (= in which people stand up from their seats).独奏演员受到了长达十分钟的起立鼓掌欢呼。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- He received the longest ovation of the evening.他得到了晚会上最持久的掌声。
- The final piece won her a rapturous ovation from the audience.最后一支曲子为她赢得了观众的热烈掌声。
Topics Film and theatrec2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + ovationpreposition- to an ovation
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See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a processional entrance into Ancient Rome by a victorious commander): from Latin ovatio(n-), from ovare ‘exult’. The word had the sense ‘exultation’ from the mid 17th to early 19th cent.