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chorus

/kawr-uhs, kohr-/US // ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- //UK // (ˈkɔːrəs) //

合唱团,大合唱,合唱,合唱会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural cho·rus·es.

    • : Music. a group of persons singing in unison. such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.a piece of music for singing in unison.a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
    • : simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc.
    • : the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers.
    • : a company of dancers and singers.the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.
    • : a lyric poem, believed to have been in dithyrambic form, that was sung and danced to, originally as a religious rite, by a company of persons.an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama.the group of actors that performed the chorus and served as major participants in, commentators on, or as a supplement to the main action of the drama.
    • : Theater. a group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of the Greek chorus, as in Elizabethan drama.the part of a play performed by such a group or individual.
  1. 1

    cho·rused, cho·rus·ing.

    • : to sing or speak in chorus.

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Examples

  • It’s a constant chorus reminding us, as English poet John Donne once did, that islands aren’t as isolated as they appear.

  • In midsummer, when he was in fact handed the reins to the chorus, the state of the world had changed dramatically and consequently conducting had too, yet he remained equally enthused.

  • Last spring, celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joined the chorus about the Overview Effect’s power for our planet.

  • As has been its chorus throughout its international guide rollout, Michelin maintains the awards will help elevate and support these dining scenes “amid the demanding landscape for hospitality businesses.”

  • STAYC’s debut song, “So Bad,” has one of the catchiest choruses in recent memory.

  • The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

  • And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.

  • Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.

  • As she finishes the thought, a chorus of voices rises around her.

  • As recently as Thursday, Rolling Stone was still defending the story against a growing chorus of critics.

  • Once—twice, the chorus of that old English Royalist song rose up out of the grove.

  • A chorus of haw haws, showed how delighted his fellow-clowns were with farmer Joe's story.

  • The solo voice of the Nubian sailor was lost in the chorus of voices which came floating over the Nile.

  • Politics were largely at the bottom of it all, I am sure, and certain newspapers joined in the noisy chorus.

  • Before a long table at one end of the room is the crowd of American students singing in a chorus.

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