Chorus
['kɔːrəs] or ['kɔrəs]
解释:
(noun.) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; 'a chorus of boos'.
(noun.) a group of people assembled to sing together.
(noun.) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play.
(noun.) a body of dancers or singers who perform together.
(verb.) utter in unison; '`yes,' the children chorused'.
手打:利--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A band of singers and dancers.
(n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
(n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
(n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
(n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
(n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
(n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
(v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
手打:米格尔
解释:
n. a band of singers and dancers esp. in the Greek plays: a company of singers: that which is sung by a chorus: the combination of several voices in one simultaneous utterance: the part of a song in which the company join the singer.—adj. Choreograph′ic.—ns. Choreog′raphy Chorog′raphy the notation of dancing.—adj. Chō′ric.—ns. Chō′rist Chor′ister a member of a choir.
编辑:莉莉
例句:
- Another tossing of arms, another nod, and another shrill chorus: 'Bradley Headstone! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Of course Mr. Pickwick didn't say who was there: and then the burden of the chorus changed into--'Lor! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The merchants closed their shops, and came out to swell the general chorus of alarm and clamour. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- A chorus of bystanders took up the shout of Count Smorltork's praise, shook their heads sagely, and unanimously cried, 'Very! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- There was first one reciter, then two, and then three, and the rest of the company became the chorus to the declamations of these principal actors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- At the miserable master's nod, the shrill chorus arose: 'Bradley Headstone! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Upon which the other half, seeing in the gentleman's face that Yes was wrong, cried out in chorus, 'No, sir! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Some rousing choruses struck me as the best part of the evening's entertainment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- There was music every where--choruses, string bands, brass bands, flutes, every thing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- And I--And I--And I, chorused the others. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
整理:彼得