set piece
- IPA[ˈset ˌpēs]
美式
- a self-contained passage or section of a novel, play, film, or piece of music arranged in an elaborate or conventional pattern for maximum effect；a formal and carefully structured speech
noun: set piece, plural noun: set pieces
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a self-contained passage or section of a novel, play, film, or piece of music arranged in an elaborate or conventional pattern for maximum effect the film lurches from one comic set piece to another
- ▪ a formal and carefully structured speech his first set-piece speech of the campaign
- 2. British a carefully organized and practiced move in a team game by which the ball is returned to play, as at a scrum in rugby or a free kick in soccer in the 89th minute another set piece produced the third goal
