2[countableC] a time when all the people involved in a big event practise it together before it happens 预演,演习
a wedding rehearsal
婚礼的预演
Examples from the Corpus
rehearsal• There are rehearsaltracks that show how bandwizard Brian Wilson whippedstudiomusicians into shape.• But that was just a full-dress rehearsal.• Wednesday's dressrehearsal went fairly smoothly.• Changes to the script are often made during rehearsal.• Is the performance to be videoed without an audience at a finalrehearsal?• We're having our first rehearsal of 'Hamlet' tonight.• The play went into rehearsal in mid-November for an opening on 171 Broadway on December 18 at the Booth Theater.• Manion had been religious about doing his dailyrelaxationexercises, followed by affirmations, visualizations, and mentalrehearsals.• The next rehearsal will be on Monday night after school.
rehearsal for/of• I felt this was a rehearsal for my parting from Dana.• Then came what was almost a dress rehearsal of the DemocraticConvention.• On the Monday night the orchestraarrivedready for the dress rehearsal ofGypsyBaron the next morning.• Earlier this year, I discovered a great way to spend a morning: open rehearsals of the San Francisco Symphony.• Unfortunately, instead of being silent, rehearsal of this form can become overt.• He insisted on a clause in his contractassuring him that his duties would not interfere with rehearsals for the opera company.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REHEARSAL | REHEARSAL + VERB | REHEARSAL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dress彩排◇a dress rehearsal for a Broadway play百老匯戲劇彩排➤wedding婚禮彩排◇I attended my friend's wedding rehearsal.我參加了朋友的婚禮彩排。➤band, choir, choral, orchestra, orchestral, play樂隊排練;合唱團排練;管弦樂隊排練;戲劇彩排◇I'll see you at band rehearsal on Monday!週一在樂隊排練時咱們再見!VERB + REHEARSAL➤conduct, do, have, hold排演;進行排練◇We only had one full rehearsal.我們只進行了一次全面排演。➤attend, go to參加排練;去排練REHEARSAL + VERB➤take place排練開始▸➤go排練進行◇How did the rehearsal go?排練進行得怎麼樣?REHEARSAL + NOUN➤hall, room, space, studio排演廳;排練室;排練場地;排練房▸➤schedule, time排練日程表/時間➤dinner (NAmE) 預演宴會◇The wedding rehearsal dinner is tonight.婚禮預演宴會今晚進行。PREPOSITION➤at (a/the) rehearsal排練時◇He apologized for his outburst at rehearsal.他為自己在排練時的失態道歉。➤during (a/the) rehearsal排練期間◇During the dress rehearsal she suddenly forgot her lines.彩排時,她突然忘了台詞。➤in rehearsal正在排練◇They're performing every night and they have another production in rehearsal.他們每天晚上都有演出,並且目前正排練着另一個節目。➤rehearsal for排練⋯◇rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'《羅密歐與朱麗葉》的幾次排練➤rehearsal of⋯的排演◇a rehearsal of the final scene最後一場戲的排練