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

　

单词	choir
释义	Trends of choir View usage for: choir (kwaɪəʳ) Word forms: plural choirs 1. countable noun A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school. He has been singing in his church choir since he was six. 2. countable noun [usually singular] In a church building, the choir is the area in front of the altar where the choir sits. choir in British English (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 choir in American English (kwaɪr) noun 1. a group of singers organized and trained to sing together, esp. in a church 2. the part of a church they occupy, as a chancel or choir loft 3. US an instrumental section of an orchestra the brass choir 4. any organized group or band, as of dancers 5. Theology any of the nine orders of angels verb transitive, verb intransitive 6. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic to sing in chorus Word origin < ME quere < OFr cuer < ML chorus, choir < L (see chorus); sp. altered under infl. of L Image of choir © 08/05/2018, Shutterstock Examples of 'choir' in a sentence choir Singing in a choir accompanied by an orchestra can give you such a high. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Then we recorded the choir inside the cathedral, which has gorgeous acoustics. Times, Sunday Times (2017) We were in an orchestra run by the council and we also sang in the local church choir - against our will. Times, Sunday Times (2017) We are put into school plays or choirs or dance classes, and many of us keep that up through our college years too. Times, Sunday Times (2016) His mother, who sang in a church choir, hoped he would become a concert pianist and taught him his scales almost before he could talk. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Our choir gives those people a voice. The Sun (2013) So we got a choir together within the squad and have sung here a lot. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was as if he was in a gospel choir of one. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They were forbidden to sing in church choirs. The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Who will maintain the cathedrals and their choirs? Times, Sunday Times (2012) Change the way the choir sings and at what time during the service they sing. Christianity Today (2000) He went with the choir one weekend to a cricket match. Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006) She sang in her local church choir. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Early on she performed in church and various choirs. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The skills required for playing the organ and directing choirs are vastly different and rarely found in one individual. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Church and school choirs produce singers as happy to sing a Bizet chorus as a folk tune. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In common with all groups, a choir is looking for loyalty and commitment. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It can cost well over 250,000 a year to run a cathedral choir. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Singing in a choir does enhance people 's lives. Times, Sunday Times (2015) These sudden dissolves are one of the choir's signature party tricks. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In 1970 he began to transform the ailing cathedral choir school. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It is not the contestants but others, like people in the choir. The Sun (2013) We did the same offer last year and school choirs sang carols at homes before handing out bright red plants to members of their audience. The Sun (2014) Both churches have choir schools. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I am the choir he's singing to. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We'll leave aside the awful irony and just let the Aussie choir sing. The Sun (2011) Word lists with choir architectural features In other languages choir British English: choir /kwaɪə/ NOUN A choir is a group of people who sing together. He has been singing in the choir since he was six. American English: choir Arabic: كُوْرَس Brazilian Portuguese: coro Chinese: 唱诗班 Croatian: zbor Czech: sbor pěvecký Danish: kor Dutch: koor European Spanish: coro Finnish: kuoro French: chœur German: Chor Greek: χορωδία Italian: coro Japanese: 聖歌隊 Korean: 합창단 Norwegian: kor Polish: chór European Portuguese: coro Romanian: cor Russian: хор Latin American Spanish: coro Swedish: kör Thai: คณะร้องเพลงประสานเสียง Turkish: koro Ukrainian: хор Vietnamese: dàn đồng ca All related terms of 'choir' choir loft a gallery in a cathedral , abbey , or church used by the choir choir organ a part of the full church organ , used for accompanying the choir choir school (in Britain) a school, esp a preparatory school attached to a cathedral , college , etc, offering general education to boys whose singing ability is good choir-screen a partition or a screen in a church that acts as a divide between the choir and the aisles gospel choir a choir performing gospel music cathedral choir the choir , traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services choir practice a choir's regular meeting for practice male-voice choir a choir of male singers preach to the choir to express an opinion to someone who is already in agreement with it to preach to the choir If you say that someone is preaching to the choir , you mean that they are presenting an argument or opinion to people who already agree with it. Chinese translation of 'choir' choir (ˈkwaɪəʳ) n (c) 合唱团(團) (héchàngtuán) (个(個), gè) (= area of church) 唱诗(詩)班的席位 (chàngshībān de xíwèi)
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