Definition of extemporize in English:

extemporize

(British extemporise)

verb ɛkˈstɛmpərʌɪzɪkˈstɛmpərʌɪzɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz

[no object]

Compose or perform something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
即席创作；即席作曲写；即席演奏；当场作成
he extemporized at the piano
他即席演奏了钢琴。
with object she was extemporizing touching melodies
她在即席演唱动人的歌曲。
Synonyms
improvise, ad lib, play it by ear, think on one's feet, throw/cobble something together, make it up as one goes along, take it as it comes
informal busk it, wing it, do something off the cuff, do something off the top of one's head, do something on the spur of the moment

Derivatives

extemporization

noun ɪkstɛmpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nɛkstɛmpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

Dickens, writing serially to the month as he did, clearly left much to his powers of extemporization.
Example sentencesExamples
- It could be a fine place to eat if the kitchen could curb its fondness for off-the-cuff extemporisation and submit itself to less glamorous, but more thorough culinary discipline.
- At the premiere Handel gave an organ extemporisation on the fugal subject taken up by the choir.
- These tunes go back to the very heart of extemporisation; the very root of Jazz itself.
- When he was playing, the sound of his jazz masked the noise in his ear; when he was resting, the noise in his ear provided a convenient backing for mental extemporisation.

Definition of extemporize in US English:

extemporize

(British extemporise)

verbɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪzikˈstempəˌrīz

[no object]

Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
即席创作；即席作曲写；即席演奏；当场作成
he extemporized at the piano
他即席演奏了钢琴。
with object she was extemporizing touching melodies
她在即席演唱动人的歌曲。
Synonyms
improvise, ad lib, play it by ear, think on one's feet, cobble something together, throw something together, make it up as one goes along, take it as it comes

单词	extemporize
释义	Definition of extemporize in English: extemporize (British extemporise) verb ɛkˈstɛmpərʌɪzɪkˈstɛmpərʌɪzɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz [no object] Compose or perform something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise. 即席创作；即席作曲写；即席演奏；当场作成 he extemporized at the piano 他即席演奏了钢琴。 with object she was extemporizing touching melodies 她在即席演唱动人的歌曲。 Synonyms improvise, ad lib, play it by ear, think on one's feet, throw/cobble something together, make it up as one goes along, take it as it comes informal busk it, wing it, do something off the cuff, do something off the top of one's head, do something on the spur of the moment Derivatives extemporization noun ɪkstɛmpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nɛkstɛmpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n Dickens, writing serially to the month as he did, clearly left much to his powers of extemporization. Example sentencesExamples It could be a fine place to eat if the kitchen could curb its fondness for off-the-cuff extemporisation and submit itself to less glamorous, but more thorough culinary discipline. At the premiere Handel gave an organ extemporisation on the fugal subject taken up by the choir. These tunes go back to the very heart of extemporisation; the very root of Jazz itself. When he was playing, the sound of his jazz masked the noise in his ear; when he was resting, the noise in his ear provided a convenient backing for mental extemporisation. Definition of extemporize in US English: extemporize (British extemporise) verbɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪzikˈstempəˌrīz [no object] Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise. 即席创作；即席作曲写；即席演奏；当场作成 he extemporized at the piano 他即席演奏了钢琴。 with object she was extemporizing touching melodies 她在即席演唱动人的歌曲。 Synonyms improvise, ad lib, play it by ear, think on one's feet, cobble something together, throw something together, make it up as one goes along, take it as it comes
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