chord

noun

/kɔːd/

/kɔːrd/

Idioms

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(music) three or more notes played togetherTopics Musicc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- minor
- C
- …
verb + chord
- play
- strum
chord + noun
- change
- progression
- sequence
- …
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(mathematics) a straight line that joins two points on a curve

Word Originsense 1 Middle English cord, from accord. The spelling change in the 18th cent. was due to confusion with chord in the mathematical sense. The original sense was ‘agreement, reconciliation’, later ‘a musical concord or harmonious sound’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 mid 16th cent. (in the anatomical sense): a later spelling (influenced by Latin chorda ‘rope’) of cord.

Idioms

strike/touch a chord (with somebody)

to say or do something that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm
- The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience.

单词	chord
释义	chord noun /kɔːd/ /kɔːrd/ Idioms jump to other results (music) three or more notes played togetherTopics Musicc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective major minor C … verb + chord play strum chord + noun change progression sequence … See full entry enlarge image (mathematics) a straight line that joins two points on a curve Word Originsense 1 Middle English cord, from accord. The spelling change in the 18th cent. was due to confusion with chord in the mathematical sense. The original sense was ‘agreement, reconciliation’, later ‘a musical concord or harmonious sound’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 mid 16th cent. (in the anatomical sense): a later spelling (influenced by Latin chorda ‘rope’) of cord. Idioms strike/touch a chord (with somebody) to say or do something that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience.
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