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词汇 choir
释义 choir
noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk /kwaɪər/ us /ˈkwaɪ.ɚ/
B2
a group of people who sing together: 合唱队;(尤指教堂的)唱诗班
He sings in the church choir.他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
choir practice合唱队的练习
See also
choral
chorister
 
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the area in a church where the choir sits(教堂)唱诗班席位
See also
chancel
nave
sanctuary
The choir will be performing the Hallelujah Chorus at the concert.唱诗班将在音乐会上演唱《哈利路亚大合唱》。
From the car part, we could hear the distant singing of the church choir.
The school choir practises every Monday lunchtime.
When they did a recorded service in the cathedral, all the local choirs were invited to take part.
I love being a member of a large choir, so I joined the Choral Society as soon as I moved here.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Singing
a cappella
accompaniment
accompany
alto
anthem
contralto
countertenor
croon
crooner
dirge
ditty
intonation
prima donna
psalm
quartet
quintet
raise the roofidiom
singsong
the Internationale
warble

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choir | American Dictionary


choir
noun[ C ]
us/kwɑɪər/
a group of people who sing together, esp. for a church or school

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choir
Most of the larger ghettos established choirs, orchestras, theatres and chamber g roups that existed for per iods of months or even years.
Of course, students share their music-making with others through playing in large ensembles and bands, and singing in choirs.
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.
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.
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.
Our choirs were in good form.
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.
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.
Reverberation found in male-voice choirs.
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.
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.
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.
In general, both choirs sing in unison.
No cute children's choirs here.
Girls and women are serving at church altars and singing in church choirs, often for the first time.
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adult choir
Church choirs were active with 54 members in the adultchoir, 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 challenged choirdirector trying to put across a song in an idiom he or she has little sympathy for.
choir stall
There is a choir stall at the east end.
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