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单词 choir
释义
choir
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/kwaɪər/us
/ˈkwaɪ.ɚ/
B2
agroupofpeoplewhosingtogether:
合唱队；（尤指教堂的）唱诗班
Hesingsinthechurchchoir.他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
choirpractice合唱队的练习
See also
choral
chorister
picture of choir
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theareain achurchwhere the choirsits
（教堂）唱诗班席位
See also
chancel
nave
sanctuary
More examples
  • The choir will beperformingthe Hallelujah Chorus at theconcert.
  • From thecarpart, we couldhearthedistantsingingof thechurchchoir.
  • TheschoolchoirpractiseseveryMondaylunchtime.
  • When they did arecordedservicein thecathedral, all thelocalchoirs wereinvitedto takepart.
  • Ilovebeing amemberof alargechoir, so Ijoinedthe Choral Society assoonas Imovedhere.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Singing
  • a cappella
  • accompaniment
  • accompany
  • alto
  • anthem
  • banger
  • barbershop
  • dirge
  • ditty
  • diva
  • doxology
  • duet
  • intonation
  • jingle
  • rapping
  • screamer
  • septet
  • serenade
  • sextet
  • treble
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(Definition ofchoirfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

choir| American Dictionary

choir
noun[C]
us
/kwɑɪər/
agroupofpeoplewhosingtogether,esp. for achurchorschool
(Definition ofchoirfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchoir

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Most of the larger ghettos established choirs, orchestras, theatres and chamber g roups that existed for per iods of months or even years.
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Of course, students share their music-making with others through playing in large ensembles and bands, and singing in choirs.
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If we consider the change of repertory, it is based without a doubt essentially on a fundamentally transformed position of the large church choirs relative to polyphonic sacred music.
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Apart from educational work, the party was engaged in setting up drama groups, choirs and sports clubs which catered for the cultural tastes, education and physical needs of organised workers.
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Apart from the constraints of time, this need not preclude other aspects of musical education, either in the classroom or in out-of-timetable activities such as choirs and orchestras.
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Our choirs were in good form.
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During the middle decades of the twentieth century a new sense of purpose began to be evident in grammar-school music teaching with the development of orchestras, bands, and choirs.
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He continues: it is common to hear the conductors of adult choirs lament that they are deprived of fresh personnel (especially tenors) by the insuf®ciency of school music education.
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Reverberation found in male-voice choirs.
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The leaders of the two choirs stood at the openings in the passageway directly below the ambo with the two choirs lined up in front of them.
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The primary functions of the institute were to furnish music for public ceremonies, to furnish choirs, and to provide a general education as well as a moral instruction.
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Scholars will lament such duplication in print when so many worthy compositions still languish in unpublished dissertations or manuscripts, though these editions bring major works within the reach of choirs.
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In general, both choirs sing in unison.
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No cute children's choirs here.
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Girls and women are serving at church altars and singing in church choirs, often for the first time.
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Collocationswithchoir

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adult choir
Church choirs were active with 54 members in theadultchoir, 24 in the youth choir and 36 in the junior choir.
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choir director
There can be nothing more embarrassing than a vocally challengedchoirdirectortrying to put across a song in an idiom he or she has little sympathy for.
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choir stall
There is a choir stall at the east end.
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