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chorus
[ kawr-uhs, kohr- ]
noun
- Music.
- a group of persons singing in unison.
- (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.
- a piece of music for singing in unison.
- a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc.
- the sounds so uttered:
a chorus of jeers.
- (in a musical show)
- a company of dancers and singers.
- the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.
- (in ancient Greece)
- a lyric poem, believed to have been in dithyrambic form, that was sung and danced to, originally as a religious rite, by a company of persons.
- an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama.
- the group of actors that performed the chorus and served as major participants in, commentators on, or as a supplement to the main action of the drama.
- Theater.
- a group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of the Greek chorus, as in Elizabethan drama.
- the part of a play performed by such a group or individual.
verb (used with or without object)
- to sing or speak in chorus.
chorus
/ 藞办蓴藧谤蓹蝉 /
noun
- a large choir of singers or a piece of music composed for such a choir
- a body of singers or dancers who perform together, in contrast to principals or soloists
- a section of a song in which a soloist is joined by a group of singers, esp in a recurring refrain
- an intermediate section of a pop song, blues, etc, as distinct from the verse
- jazz any of a series of variations on a theme
- in ancient Greece
- a lyric poem sung by a group of dancers, originally as a religious rite
- an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors
- (in classical Greek drama) the actors who sang the chorus and commented on the action of the play
- actors playing a similar role in any drama
- (esp in Elizabethan drama) the actor who spoke the prologue, etc
- the part of the play spoken by this actor
- a group of people or animals producing words or sounds simultaneously
- any speech, song, or other utterance produced by a group of people or animals simultaneously
a chorus of sighs
the dawn chorus
- in chorusin unison
verb
- to speak, sing, or utter (words, etc) in unison
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of chorus1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of chorus1
Idioms and Phrases
- in chorus, in unison; with all speaking or singing simultaneously:
They responded in chorus to the minister's questions.
More idioms and phrases containing chorus
see in chorus .Example Sentences
Cut to a snappy montage of them fist-bumping each other and mingling with residents at community events, as the song's chorus delivers their political message: "I'll be there for you".
Camil鈥檚 perspective is among a comparatively vast and diverse chorus of American and Vietnamese voices comprising 鈥淭urning Point: The Vietnam War鈥 鈥 some famous, many ordinary, most complementary and others contradictory.
So I sent Joe these videos of me singing this little chorus and told him how the riff goes.
Tragedy鈥檚 chorus typically represented a collective perspective, that of elders or ordinary citizens whose voices embodied a community鈥檚 hopes and anxieties.
The ICRC's comments are the latest in a chorus of concern coming from the UN and other agencies.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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