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单词 grand opera
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grand1 /grand/

adjective
  1. Exalted
  2. Magnificent
  3. Dignified
  4. Sublime
  5. Imposing
  6. Would-be-imposing
  7. On a great scale
  8. Pre-eminent
  9. Supreme
  10. Chief
  11. Main
  12. In complete form
  13. In full proportions
  14. Very good (informal)
noun
  1. A grand piano
  2. A thousand dollars or pounds (slang)
ORIGIN: Fr grand, from L grandis great

grandˈly adverb

grandˈness noun

grand-duˈcal adjective

Relating to a grand duke

grand duchess noun

  1. The wife or widow of a grand duke
  2. A woman of the same rank as a grand duke in her own right

grand duke noun

A title of sovereignty over a grand duchy, first created by the Pope in 1569 for the rulers of Florence and Tuscany, later assumed by certain German and Russian imperial princes

grand juror noun

A member of a grand jury, a special jury in the USA (and until 1933 in Britain) which decides whether there is sufficient evidence to put an accused person on trial

grand larceny see larceny

grand march noun

The processional opening of a ball

grandmasˈter noun

  1. Orig the title given to a chess player winning a major international tournament, now given to a player achieving a high score in three major tournaments
  2. Any exceptionally skilled player

Grand Master noun

The head of a religious order of knighthood (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights), or of the Freemasons, etc

Grand Mufti noun

The head of the Muslim religious community in several Middle-Eastern countries

Grand National noun

A steeplechase held annually at Aintree in Liverpool

grand old man noun (informal)

A person commanding great respect and veneration

grand opera see under opera1

grand piano noun

A large harp-shaped piano, with horizontal strings

grand slam noun

  1. A contract to win every trick (bridge)
  2. The winning of all the major championships in a season (sport, eg tennis, golf)
  3. A home run hit when there is a runner at each base, scoring four runs (baseball)

grandˈstand noun

An elevated structure on a racecourse, etc, with tiered seating, affording a good view for spectators

intransitive verb (informal)

To show off

grandstand finish noun

  1. A close and rousing finish to a sporting contest
  2. A supreme effort to win at the close of a sporting contest

grand style noun

A style adapted to lofty or sublime subjects

grand total noun

The sum of all subordinate sums

Grand Tour see under tour

grand touring same as gran turismo (see under gran2).

Grand Unified Theory noun

A unified quantum field theory of the electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions of elementary particles (abbrev GUT)

opera1 /opˈ(ə-)rə/

noun
  1. Musical drama
  2. A company performing opera
  3. An opera house
adjective

Used in or for an opera

—See also music drama, musical, musical comedy

ORIGIN: Ital, from L opera; cf operate

operatic /-atˈik/ adjective

  1. Relating to or resembling opera
  2. (loosely) histrionic

operatˈically adverb

opera bouffe or (French) opéra bouffe /o-pā-raˈ boofˈ/ noun

Funny or farcical opera

opera buffa /boofˈə or opˈā-ra boofˈa/ noun (Italy)

Comic opera, esp of the 18c, opp to opera seria

opera cloak noun

An elegant cloak for evening wear, esp in the auditorium of a theatre

opéra comique /kom-ēkˈ/ noun (French)

Opera with some spoken dialogue, in the 18c having subjects less lofty than those of grand opera, in the 19c having no restriction as to subject (either comic or tragic)

opˈera-dancer noun

A dancer in ballets introduced into operas

opera glass or opera glasses noun

Small binoculars used by audiences in the theatre

opera hat noun

A collapsible top hat

opera house noun

A theatre for opera

opera seria /sēˈri-ə or seˈrya/ noun (Italy)

Serious opera

opera singer noun

comic opera

  1. Opéra comique
  2. Opera of an amusing nature
  3. An absurd emotional situation

grand opera

Opera without dialogue, esp if the subject is very dramatic or emotional

light opera

  1. A lively and tuneful opera
  2. An operetta (qv)

soap opera see under soap
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