chorus• He admired them duly and was forced to join in with a chorus of auld lang syne downstairs.• The first birds were waking; the dawnchorus began.• That man seemed to know every chorus that had ever been written.• JimmyCarter and GeorgeBush also have joined a growing chorus of eminentseniorpoliticians in the quest for reform.• the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's Messiah• Lisa Fennell, in addition to her role in the chorus, was to understudyDésirée.• Oslin got her start in the chorus of musicals like "Hello, Dolly!"and "West Side Story."• The chorus produced by hundreds of males can be heard over a mile away.• The chorus's singing was excellent, and so was the orchestral playing.• a 100-voicechorus• And the way your chorus backed you up-strong stuff!
chorus2 verb [transitiveT]
SAY/STATEif people chorus something, they say it at the same time 同时说,齐声说
1part of a song that is repeated歌曲重複的部份ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHORUSADJECTIVE➤catchy (informal) , rousing, singalong朗朗上口的/令人奮起的/容易跟唱的副歌▸➤final末段的副歌VERB + CHORUS➤join in, sing齊唱副歌;唱副歌chorus
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2sth that a lot of people say together許多人一起說的話ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHORUS | CHORUS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤general全體齊聲▸➤growing越來越大的眾聲◇There is a growing chorus of protest against the policy.反對該政策的民眾呼聲越來越大。VERB + CHORUS➤join加入眾聲◇Many teachers have joined the chorus of angry voices.許多教師加入到了憤怒的呼聲中。➤be met with, bring遇到齊聲的⋯;引來異口同聲的⋯◇His suggestions were met with a chorus of jeers.他的建議遭到了大伙兒的同聲嘲笑。CHORUS + VERB➤greet sb/sth齊聲歡呼迎接⋯PREPOSITION➤in chorus (= all together)異口同聲◇'Hello!' they shouted in chorus.“喂!”他們一齊大聲喊。➤chorus of眾人一齊發出的⋯聲◇a chorus of boos一片噓聲PHRASES➤a chorus of voices眾聲齊說chorus
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3large group of singers/dancers合唱團;歌舞團ADJECTIVE | CHORUS + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤double雙合唱團▸➤female, male女聲/男聲合唱團▸➤dawn (= of birds) (BrE) 拂曉時齊鳴的鳥兒CHORUS + NOUN➤girl, line, member歌舞團女成員;排成一排同台表演的歌舞演員;歌舞團成員PREPOSITION➤in a/the chorus在合唱團中◇She is singing in the chorus.她在合唱團唱歌。PHRASES➤a member of the chorus合唱團的一員