ad-libとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From ad lib.

動詞

ad-lib (third-person singular simple present ad-libs, present participle ad-libbing, simple past and past participle ad-libbed)

1. To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, especially in comedy.
   • 1998 December 21, The New Yorker:

     Hope’s onstage ad-libbing generated more humor and attention than the show’s lacklustre libretto.

   • 2004 March 15, The New Yorker:

     I watched Jeb Bush as his brother spoke. He paid attention, grinned and laughed, even ad-libbed when called upon.

派生語

• ad-libber

派生した語

• Korean: 애드리브 (aedeuribeu), (from Pseudo-English) 드립 (deurip)

アナグラム

• Baldi, Blida

別の表記

• ad lib. (adverb)
• ad-lib, adlib (verb, noun)

語源

Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.

発音

• IPA: /æd ˈlɪb/, /ˈæd ˈlɪb/

副詞

ad lib (comparative more ad lib, superlative most ad lib)

1. At pleasure.

   Synonym: (music) a piacere

2. At will.
3. As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.
   • 1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922:

     For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.

4. Extemporaneously.

   Synonyms: ex tempore, extempore, impromptu, on the fly

派生語

形容詞

ad lib (comparative more ad lib, superlative most ad lib)

1. Extemporaneous, impromptu.

   We were shocked to learn that the entire show was an ad lib performance. How did they weave it together so expertly on the fly?

2. (of feed or food access for livestock or humans) That provides as much as each one desires, to each one's fill, without restriction.

   ad lib feed;   ad lib access;   ad lib feeder

   All hens in the laying house have ad lib access to feed.

   The patients in the control group had ad lib access to snacks and were given no extra dietary advice.

名詞

ad lib (plural ad libs)

1. (acting) An instance of something improvised, especially a line.
2. (music, chiefly hip-hop) Improvised vocals added after the main vocals have been recorded which serve to emphasize the rhythm or fill the lyrical bar line.

派生した語

• Korean: 애드리브 (aedeuribeu), (from Pseudo-English) 드립 (deurip)

動詞

ad lib (third-person singular simple present ad libs, present participle ad libbing, simple past and past participle ad libbed)

1. To perform without a script.
2. To perform without preparation.
3. To perform extemporaneously.

   She ad libbed the rest of the scene.

4. (music, chiefly hip hop, intransitive) To perform ad libs; to improvise lyrics after the main lyrics have been recorded.
5. (music, chiefly hip hop, transitive) To perform (lyrics) as ad libs.

アナグラム

• Baldi, Blida

動詞

adlib (third-person singular simple present adlibs, present participle adlibbing, simple past and past participle adlibbed)

1. Alternative form of ad lib.

アナグラム

• Baldi, Blida