单词 | choir |
释义 | choir —choirlike, adj. /kwuyeur/, n. 1. a company of singers, esp. an organized group employed in church service. 2. any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one: string choir. 3. Archit. a. the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir. b. the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing. 4. (in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels. adj. 5. professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk. v.t. , v.i. 6. to sing or sound in chorus. [1250-1300; ME quer < OF cuer < L chorus CHORUS; r. OE chor choir < L] |
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