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演奏 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • interpret verb To explain or work out the meaning of something, especially a language, gesture, sign, or piece of art.
  • perform verb To carry out an action or task.
  • performance noun A live show, such as music, theatre, or dance, presented to an audience.
  • play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.

Senses

演奏 is used for these senses in English:

  • cast (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
  • interpret To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
  • perform (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
  • play (transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

interpret — full definition

  1. verb To explain or work out the meaning of something, especially a language, gesture, sign, or piece of art.
  2. verb To convert speech from one language into another in real time so people can understand each other.
  3. verb Computing: to run a program by reading and carrying out its instructions one at a time, instead of compiling it first.

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