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opus

/oh-puhs/US // ˈoʊ pəs //UK // (ˈəʊpəs, ˈɔp-) //

作品,著作,创作,作曲家

Related Words

magnum opus大作,巨著,巨作,丰碑oeuvre创作,做法,节目,创作活动product产品,商品,产品介绍,产物creation创作,创造,创建,创设production生产,产量,制作,产music音乐piece一块,一片,一件,块composition构成,组成,成分,成份

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·pus·es or, especially for 1, 2, o·pe·ra [oh-per-uh, op-er-uh]. /ˈoʊ pər ə, ˈɒp ər ə/.

    • : a musical composition.
    • : one of the compositions of a composer, usually numbered according to the order of publication.
    • : a literary work or composition, as a book: Have you read her latest opus?Abbreviation: op.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noungreat work of writing or music
Synonyms
magnum opus大作,巨著,巨作,丰碑composition构成,组成,成分,成份creation创作,创造,创建,创设music音乐oeuvre创作,做法,节目,创作活动piece一块,一片,一件,块product产品,商品,产品介绍,产物production生产,产量,制作,产

Examples

  • Fortunately, the filmmakers themselves have answered at least a few of the questions that arise from their ominous opus, which is now available on Amazon and other VOD platforms.

  • Ryan Day and Ohio State’s coaching staff conducted their magnum opus against Clemson.

  • For his own part, he was little concerned with the labels others put on his opus.

  • When I recently finished writing the story of my data, the magnum opus fit on fewer than two dozen printed pages.

  • His newest opus is the Kickstarter financed Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down.

  • About praising and embracing the booty in all of its forms, the song, in a way, could be seen as an opus of sorts for Minaj.

  • There was the dorm-room cult classic Fight Club and the endlessly quotable Mike Judge magnum opus Office Space.

  • Then something wonderfully awful happened to help Roth complete his own libidinous opus.

  • For years, it was her dream to create an illustrated “magnum opus” that addressed shortcomings in American sex education.

  • He regarded his organ in St. Paul's Cathedral (rebuilt in 1899), as his magnum opus.

  • A wall so faced looked as if covered with a net (B in Fig. 59) and was therefore called opus rticultum.

  • To behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus.

  • The works that bear a higher opus number than 65 were published after the composer's death by Fontana.

  • The Waltz without opus number and the Sonata, Op. 4, are likewise posthumous publications.

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