virtuoso

noun
🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, 🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, 🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
(plural virtuosos, virtuosi
🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsiː/, 🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊziː/
🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsiː/, 🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊziː/
)
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  1. a person who shows very great skill at doing something, especially playing a musical instrument技艺超群的人;(尤指)演奏家
    • a piano virtuoso钢琴演奏家
    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.

virtuoso

adjective
🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, 🔊/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, 🔊/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
[only before noun]
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  1. showing extremely great skill技艺精湛的;技巧超群的
    • Kane treated us to a virtuoso performance against Chelsea this afternoon.凯恩今天下午在切尔西对阵我们时表现出色。
    • a virtuoso pianist/player技艺精湛的钢琴师/演奏者
    • They gave a virtuoso display of Spanish dancing.他们的西班牙舞表演展示了超群的技艺。
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVirtuoso is used with these nouns:
    • display
    • performance
    • performer
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.