| 单词 | chorus |
| 释义 | chorus n. & v. --n (pl. choruses) 1. a group (esp. a large one) of singers; a choir. 2. a piece of music composed for a choir. 3. the refrain or the main part of a popular song, in which a chorus participates. 4. any simultaneous utterance by many persons etc. (a chorus of disapproval followed). 5. a group of singers and dancers performing in concert in a musical comedy, opera, etc. 6. Gk Antiq. a in Greek tragedy, a group of performers who comment together in voice and movement on the main action. b an utterance of the chorus. 7. esp. in Elizabethan drama, a character who speaks the prologue and other linking parts of the play. 8. the part spoken by this character. --vtr. & intr. (of a group) speak or utter simultaneously. Phrases and idioms chorus girl a young woman who sings or dances in the chorus of a musical comedy etc. in chorus (uttered) together; in unison. Etymology: L f. Gk khoros |
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