choirboy
noun[C]
uk/ˈkwaɪə.bɔɪ/us/ˈkwaɪr.bɔɪ/aboywhosingsin achurchchoir
唱诗班男童Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- banger
- barbershop
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- doxology
- duet
- intonation
- jingle
- rapping
- screamer
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- treble
Examplesofchoirboy
choirboy
There the mellifluous voices of choirboys, the harmony of improvised polyphony, and the cadences of locally composed plainchant incited the populace to veneration.
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The choirboys are remarkably full-voiced without forcing the tone.
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The choirboys remained after the departure of the canons to chant all the antiphons and responsories of the first two nocturns.
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One of the other names appears somewhat later, in the middle of the 1510s, perhaps indicating achoirboypaid briefly for singing once his voice broke.
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The northern heretics, we hear, choirboys?
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A group of choirboys is marooned on an island.
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I shall probably end my remarks croaking like a fifth-formchoirboywhose voice is breaking.
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The iron and steel industry is much stronger and more vicious than an outing of choirboys.
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The clergy and choir were robed; the choirboys carrying all the flowers: a picturesque appearance of reverential sorrow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His monument has a bust and a singlechoirboy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All choirboys are pupils at the school and are scholarship holders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Taking choirboys on tour abroad would have necessitated taking female carers too, and rumours of personnel behaving inappropriately on tour could destroy musical careers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He became achoirboyat the age of six.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whalen is the onlychoirboywho never attended college.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From an early age he sang as achoirboy.
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