英语词汇“choir”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun

an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services or public performances

the part of a cathedral, abbey, or church in front of the altar, lined on both sides with benches, and used by the choir and clergy

Compare chancel

(as modifier)

choir stalls

a number of instruments of the same family playing together

a brass choir

4. Also called: choir organ

one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes

Compare great (sense 21), swell (sense 16)

any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology

6. preach to the choir

Archaic spelling: quire

单词	choir
释义	Word Frequency choir (kwaɪə) noun 1. an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services or public performances 2. a. the part of a cathedral, abbey, or church in front of the altar, lined on both sides with benches, and used by the choir and clergy Compare chancel b. (as modifier) choir stalls 3. a number of instruments of the same family playing together a brass choir 4. Also called: choir organ one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes Compare great (sense 21), swell (sense 16) 5. any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology 6. preach to the choir Archaic spelling: quire Derived forms choirlike (ˈchoirˌlike) adjective Word origin C13 quer, from Old French cuer, from Latin chorus
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