1610s, "scholar, connoisseur," from Italian virtuoso (plural virtuosi), noun use of adjective meaning "skilled, learned, of exceptional worth," from Late Latin virtuosus (see virtuous). Meaning "person with great skill, one who is a master of the mechanical part of a fine art" (as in music) is first attested 1743.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Holland would never dare cast himself as a virtuoso pianist.
霍蘭永遠(yuǎn)不敢說(shuō)自己是位鋼琴名家。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. England's football fans were hoping for a virtuoso performance against Cameroon.