英 [rɪf] 美 [rɪf]
n. 反复乐节；即兴重复段
n. （Riff）人名；（法、葡、匈）里夫
复数riffs
第三人称单数riffs
现在分词riffing
过去式riffed
过去分词riffed
riff /rɪf/
可数名词 In jazz and rock music, a riff is a short, repeated tune. (爵士乐和摇滚乐中的)重复乐段
可数名词 A riff is a short piece of speech or writing that develops a particular theme or idea. (一小段)讲话; 文章
Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
罗发表了一段对偏见的本质十分精辟的讲话。
即兴重复段（Riff）: M0 k+ B7 v7 m: v" q& P 经多次反复演奏的短小、易上口的乐曲，或优美或富于节奏感。
资源交换文件格式 资源交换文件格式(Resource Interchange File Format,RIFF),是IBM和Microsoft公 司推荐了为多媒体资源文件而开发的一种带 标记的文件结构.
电吉他初级阶段：学习吉他基本知识，基本指法和技术，节奏时值的学习，基础乐理及其在吉他上的应用，各种RIFF（连复段），基本的摇滚和布鲁斯伴奏，学员配合练习。
...位吉他手之一”，并称，他的吉他大多徘徊在简单的吉他和声上，却总能以一些演奏技法和独特的音色，形成经典的即兴重复段（Riff）。
Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
罗发表了一段对偏见的本质十分精辟的讲话。
It's a wild riff for saxophone.
这是一段狂放的萨克斯即兴重复段。
Littered on the grass, we seemed dingy, urban riff-raff. We defiled the scene, like sardine-tins and paper bags on the seashore.
我们却好像是一堆肮脏的城市垃圾，被胡乱丢在草地上。如同海滩上的纸袋和沙丁鱼罐头盒一样败坏风景。
It's a wild riff for saxophone.
相当狂放的萨克斯即兴演奏
聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The riff on the a in differance as all of those things is something that we can only pick up if we understand language as writing, because in speech these modes of difference don't register.
延异》中a的那一章的内容,我们只能通过看文字理解，因为在言语里我们无法区分这些差别。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It should be about the chorus and it should be about a pretty simple riff.
After Love Me Do, it is probably the most famous Harmonica riff in the Beatles' history.
Myxomatosis - with its fuzzy, complex riff - is set to become a favourite.
"riff"是个多义词，它可以指连复段,riff（WINDOWS文件格式）。