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释义：

chorus

1.词性: n.

【复数】 cho.rus.es;

Music

【音乐】

A composition in four or more parts written for a large number of singers.

合唱曲为一大群歌手谱写的四部或更多部的歌曲

A refrain in which an audience joins a soloist in a song.

合唱句，重叠句由一名观众在独唱歌手的一支歌中加入的副歌

A repeat of the opening statement of a popular song played by the whole group.

迭句由全部成员表演的一首流行歌曲的开场白的重复

A solo section based on the main melody of a popular song and played by a member of the group.

独唱部分一首流行歌曲主旋律上的独唱部分，由乐队一名成员演唱

A body of singers who perform choral compositions.

合唱团演唱合唱作品的歌手团体

A body of vocalists and dancers who support the soloists and leading performers in operas, musical comedies, and revues.

领唱在戏剧、音乐喜剧、时事讽刺剧中配合独唱、主角的歌唱家和舞蹈演员的团体

A group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation.

剧情解说员在戏剧或诗朗诵中齐声朗诵或演唱一个指定部分或作品的人们

An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action.

解说员在伊丽莎白戏剧中朗诵序言和尾声以及有时关于演出评论的演员

A group of masked dancers who performed ceremonial songs at religious festivals in early Greek times.

戴面具舞蹈者希腊时代早期，在宗教节日中演唱庆祝歌曲的带面具的舞蹈演员们

The group in a classical Greek drama whose songs and dances present an exposition of or, in later tradition, a disengaged commentary on the action.

歌舞队在经典希腊戏剧中，一组演员用歌舞来展示在后期的传统中同演出脱离的评论

The portion of a classical Greek drama consisting of choric dance and song.

歌舞队在古希腊戏剧中由群舞和合唱组成的部分

A group or performer in a modern drama serving a purpose similar to the Greek chorus.

歌唱者，舞蹈者在现代剧中起与希腊合唱团相同作用的团体或演员

The performers of a choral ode, especially a Pindaric ode.

唱诗班合唱颂歌，尤其是平德尔体颂歌的演员们

A speech, song, or other utterance made in concert by many people.

合唱的歌曲在音乐会上许多人发出的讲话、歌声或其它言论

A simultaneous utterance by a number of people:

异口同声由一些人同时发声：

a chorus of jeers from the bystanders.

旁观者发出的嘲弄

The sounds so made.

这样产生的声音

2.词性:v.tr.intr.

cho.rused; or chorussed cho.rus.ing; or chorussing cho.rus.es; or chorusses

To sing or utter in or as if in chorus.

合唱在或象在合唱中唱或说

3.合唱(Chorus):

最常用的音响效果之一.原理是将信号的调制延迟部分做copy，然后再与原信号合成.这种效果可产生多个相同声音组合的感觉。MIDI应用时，与Reverb等效果适当配合和渗透，作出意想不到的效果.

习惯用语:

anvil chorus [美]忿怒和抗议的呼声, 恶意的吹毛求疵的叫嚣

in chorus 异口同声

swell the chorus 附和别人的意见; 参加合唱

词源:

Latin[ choral dance ]

拉丁语[ 合唱舞蹈 ]

fromGreek khoros

源自希腊语 khoros

*See Also : gher- In Appendix