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oratorio

/awr-uh-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-, or-/US // ˌɔr əˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɒr- //UK // (ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪəʊ) //

清唱剧,演唱剧,演唱会,演唱诗

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural or·a·to·ri·os.

    • : an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery.

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Examples

  • From the opening bar to the close of the Oratorio the club members listened entranced.

  • It would be counted extravagant to buy a book, or a ticket to an oratorio or a concert to hear the best music.

  • This oratorio, as it strikes me, has certain qualities both of sentiment and of expression.

  • I was sitting as I should sit at an oratorio, in devout and rapt contemplation.

  • If you can make use of the Oratorio, I can send you all the parts written out, so that the outlay may be less for the poor.