divertissement
/dɪˈvɜːtɪsmənt/noun
1- a minor entertainment or diversion小消遣, 小娱乐:
the intellectual divertissements of working men.
工人们玩的智力小游戏。
1.1
- Ballet a short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development【芭蕾】(芭蕾舞剧中与情节和人物进展无关的展示舞者技巧的)舞蹈小品。
词源
early 18th cent. (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere 'turn in separate ways'.