Definition of Melba in English:

Melba

noun ˈmɛlbə

in phrase do a MelbaAustralian informal

Return from retirement, or make several farewell appearances.
〈澳，非正式〉复出；多次告别
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm doing a Melba and will be back in the water on Monday.
- I realised I'd have to make an overt confession and say I was doing a Melba - I'm not going to make another announcement, you can count on that.
- Perhaps some of these words and expressions will do a Melba one day.

Origin

1970s: from the name of the soprano Dame Nellie Melba (see Melba, Dame Nellie), who made repeated ‘farewell’ appearances.

We have all seen entertainers retire and make a comeback, or do numerous farewell performances. In Australia and New Zealand they would be said to do a Melba. At the beginning of the 20th century Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931) was one of the most famous opera singers in the world, and she continued to perform long after her official retirement. Melba was not her real name—she was born Helen Porter Mitchell near Melbourne in Australia, and took her stage name from that city. Outside her native country many associate her name with various dishes created in her honour by the French chef Georges-Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935). He is said to have devised the dish of ice cream and peaches with raspberry sauce that he called peach Melba in London around 1892, though the first known record is from 1909; in 1897, when Dame Nellie was ill and took to a plain diet, he apparently recommended very thin crisp toast, promptly dubbed Melba toast or toast Melba.

词汇	Melba
释义	Definition of Melba in English: Melba noun ˈmɛlbə in phrase do a MelbaAustralian informal Return from retirement, or make several farewell appearances. 〈澳，非正式〉复出；多次告别 Example sentencesExamples I'm doing a Melba and will be back in the water on Monday. I realised I'd have to make an overt confession and say I was doing a Melba - I'm not going to make another announcement, you can count on that. Perhaps some of these words and expressions will do a Melba one day. Origin 1970s: from the name of the soprano Dame Nellie Melba (see Melba, Dame Nellie), who made repeated ‘farewell’ appearances. We have all seen entertainers retire and make a comeback, or do numerous farewell performances. In Australia and New Zealand they would be said to do a Melba. At the beginning of the 20th century Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931) was one of the most famous opera singers in the world, and she continued to perform long after her official retirement. Melba was not her real name—she was born Helen Porter Mitchell near Melbourne in Australia, and took her stage name from that city. Outside her native country many associate her name with various dishes created in her honour by the French chef Georges-Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935). He is said to have devised the dish of ice cream and peaches with raspberry sauce that he called peach Melba in London around 1892, though the first known record is from 1909; in 1897, when Dame Nellie was ill and took to a plain diet, he apparently recommended very thin crisp toast, promptly dubbed Melba toast or toast Melba.
随便看	horsemints horse mushroom horse mussel horsen horse-nail horseness Horsens horse opera horse pistol horseplay horse-play horseplayer horseplays horse-plum horse-pond horsepower horse-pox horser horse race horse-race horse-racer horse-races horse racing horse-racing horseradish