choir

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kwaɪə(ɹ)/|/kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)/    美 /kwaɪɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
    — The church choir practices Thursday nights.
  2. One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
    — Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
  3. One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. Christian
    — Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
  4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
动词 v.
  1. To sing in concert. intransitive
    — The great aim of this book is to secure congregational singing, which the churches must come to, at last, after a long interval of choiring.

词形变化

choirs plural choirs present,singular,third-person choiring participle,present choired participle,past choired past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
choral chorus quire

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.
词源 2
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.
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