| 单词 | chorus |
| 释义 | Word Frequency chorus(ˈkɔːrəs) nounWord forms: plural -ruses 1. a large choir of singers or a piece of music composed for such a choir 2. a body of singers or dancers who perform together, in contrast to principals or soloists 3. a section of a song in which a soloist is joined by a group of singers, esp in a recurring refrain 4. an intermediate section of a pop song, blues, etc, as distinct from the verse 5. jazz any of a series of variations on a theme 6. (in ancient Greece) a. a lyric poem sung by a group of dancers, originally as a religious rite b. an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors 7. a. (in classical Greek drama) the actors who sang the chorus and commented on the action of the play b. actors playing a similar role in any drama 8. (esp in Elizabethan drama) a. the actor who spoke the prologue, etc b. the part of the play spoken by this actor 9. a group of people or animals producing words or sounds simultaneously 10. any speech, song, or other utterance produced by a group of people or animals simultaneously a chorus of sighs the dawn chorus 11. in chorus verb 12. to speak, sing, or utter (words, etc) in unison Word origin C16: from Latin, from Greek khoros |
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