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- a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his beloved（尤指男子夜间在意中人窗下所唱或所奏的）小夜曲。
with obj.
- entertain (someone) with a serenade为…演唱（或演奏）小夜曲：
a strolling guitarist serenades the diners.
漫步的吉他手为进餐者奏唱小夜曲。
派生词
serenader
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from sereno 'serene'.