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单词 first night
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Definition of first night in English:

first night

noun
  • The first public performance of a play or show.

    首(次公)演

    tickets for the first night sold out fast
    as modifier some of the numbers appeared to be under-rehearsed, but maybe they were suffering first-night nerves
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We were invited to the first-night party, but were both tired.
    • The first-night crowd erupted as expected, but a conductor's success cannot be measured in decibels of applause.
    • The opera was hugely popular with its first-night audience.
    • The play begins a five-night run at the Hawk's Well Theatre tonight at 8pm and while first-night nerves might be par-for-the-course, so is a quality production full of vibrant energy.
    • On the first night of this run, the Royal Ballet reached its 750th performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House.
    • The first-night audience kept applauding after the house lights came up, and there can be few greater compliments.
    • Certainly the first-night audience was taken by surprise, excited to uproar by the violent rhythms of Stravinsky's music and Nijinsky's choreography.
    • We had a record breaking 57 curtain calls on the first night.
    • Bailey's first-night performance was wonderful, though unevenly paced, picking up speed and hilarity with an elaborate riff about the Holy Trinity.
    • I was there at the premiere and it was the first time I knew I'd been present at the creation of a masterwork - although I'd been at the first night of Peter Grimes too!
    • On stage, Solti grew so excited that he rang BBC bosses and begged them to attend the first night.
    • I can also say that the terrifically funny Pythonesque sequences had the first-night audience hooting and gasping.
    • I usually have a "feeling" of how a first night will go - and this time I was not mistaken in it.
    • The young and the beautiful are out in force at the first-night party.
    • There were perhaps inevitably some first-night nerves last night, but these were overcome by an excellent display of team spirit.
    • Occasional first-night glitches were far outweighed by the spirit of the acting.
    • The first people in the theatre, they walked out - but after the first night, there were lines around the theatre, they sold out the mezzanine.
    • The adult first-night audience of Peter Pan, told to clap if they believed in fairies, applauded thunderously: it was the birth of modern escapist entertainment.
    • Yet 99 percent of the first-night audience, drunk on bravura, stood up and screamed its delight.
    Synonyms
    opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first showing

Definition of first night in US English:

first night

nounˈfərs(t) ˈnītˈfərs(t) ˈnaɪt
  • The first public performance of a play or show.

    首(次公)演

    as modifier first-night nerves

    首演时的紧张。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The opera was hugely popular with its first-night audience.
    • There were perhaps inevitably some first-night nerves last night, but these were overcome by an excellent display of team spirit.
    • On the first night of this run, the Royal Ballet reached its 750th performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House.
    • The young and the beautiful are out in force at the first-night party.
    • The play begins a five-night run at the Hawk's Well Theatre tonight at 8pm and while first-night nerves might be par-for-the-course, so is a quality production full of vibrant energy.
    • The first-night audience kept applauding after the house lights came up, and there can be few greater compliments.
    • The first people in the theatre, they walked out - but after the first night, there were lines around the theatre, they sold out the mezzanine.
    • Yet 99 percent of the first-night audience, drunk on bravura, stood up and screamed its delight.
    • The first-night crowd erupted as expected, but a conductor's success cannot be measured in decibels of applause.
    • I usually have a "feeling" of how a first night will go - and this time I was not mistaken in it.
    • We had a record breaking 57 curtain calls on the first night.
    • Occasional first-night glitches were far outweighed by the spirit of the acting.
    • On stage, Solti grew so excited that he rang BBC bosses and begged them to attend the first night.
    • Certainly the first-night audience was taken by surprise, excited to uproar by the violent rhythms of Stravinsky's music and Nijinsky's choreography.
    • Bailey's first-night performance was wonderful, though unevenly paced, picking up speed and hilarity with an elaborate riff about the Holy Trinity.
    • I can also say that the terrifically funny Pythonesque sequences had the first-night audience hooting and gasping.
    • I was there at the premiere and it was the first time I knew I'd been present at the creation of a masterwork - although I'd been at the first night of Peter Grimes too!
    • The adult first-night audience of Peter Pan, told to clap if they believed in fairies, applauded thunderously: it was the birth of modern escapist entertainment.
    • We were invited to the first-night party, but were both tired.
    Synonyms
    opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first showing
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