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。 ■(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
语源
early 18th cent. (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere 'turn in separate ways'