set piece

Word family nounsetnesssettersettingsetbacksetlineset piecesetscrewset squareset-top boxverbset

Related topics: Arts

ˌset ˈpiece noun [countableC]

1 AWAY/MANNERpart of a play, piece of music, painting etc that follows a well-known formal pattern or style, and is often very impressive 〔戏剧、音乐等中〕有固定模式的精彩片段；〔绘画中的〕有固定模式的精彩部分

The trial scene is a classic set piece.

庭审这一场是个经典片段。

2. British EnglishBrE a move such as a free kick or a corner in a game of football, hockey etc 〔足球、曲棍球等中的〕攻防套路

Examples from the Corpus

set piece• We might think, in retrospect, that it was a set piece of rather obvious connivance.• The State of the Union address is one of the great set pieces of American public life.• The Laurel and Hardy set piece was the ordinary situation from which sprang a coiling spiral of disaster.• Eleven minutes later Andrew McBride saw his set piece effort deflected past the post by a defender's stick.

单词	set piece
释义	set piece Word family nounsetnesssettersettingsetbacksetlineset piecesetscrewset squareset-top boxverbset Related topics: Arts ˌset ˈpiece noun [countableC] 1 AWAY/MANNERpart of a play, piece of music, painting etc that follows a well-known formal pattern or style, and is often very impressive 〔戏剧、音乐等中〕有固定模式的精彩片段；〔绘画中的〕有固定模式的精彩部分 The trial scene is a classic set piece. 庭审这一场是个经典片段。 2. British EnglishBrE a move such as a free kick or a corner in a game of football, hockey etc 〔足球、曲棍球等中的〕攻防套路 Examples from the Corpus set piece• We might think, in retrospect, that it was a set piece of rather obvious connivance.• The State of the Union address is one of the great set pieces of American public life.• The Laurel and Hardy set piece was the ordinary situation from which sprang a coiling spiral of disaster.• Eleven minutes later Andrew McBride saw his set piece effort deflected past the post by a defender's stick.
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