opera

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n.  歌剧; 歌剧剧本; 歌剧艺术; 歌剧团; 歌剧院
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牛津词典

noun

• 歌剧；歌剧剧本；歌剧艺术
  a dramatic work in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment
  1. Puccini's operas
     普契尼的歌剧
  2. to go to the opera
     去看歌剧
  3. an opera singer
     歌剧演员
  4. light/grand opera
     轻 / 大歌剧
• 歌剧团；歌剧院
  a company that performs opera ; a building in which operas are performed
  1. the Vienna State Opera
     维也纳国家歌剧院

柯林斯词典

• See also:...a one-act opera about contemporary women in America....Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'....an opera singer...He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera.soap opera

英英释义

noun

• a building where musical dramas are performed
  Synonym:opera house
• a drama set to music

双语例句

• He assumed a posture and began to sing a part in a Beijing opera.
  他拉开架子，唱起了京剧。
• Her career began as prima donna with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company.
  事业刚起步的时候，她在皇家卡尔·罗莎歌剧团担任首席女歌手。
• A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.
  一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。
• Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner's opera.
  多数人都熟悉瓦格纳歌剧中的这一人物。
• Regency Opera have scored something of a coup by persuading her to undertake the role.
  雷根希歌剧院说服她扮演这一角色从而取得了巨大成功。
• Fine music, particularly opera, has become aspirational, like fine wine or foreign travel.
  高雅音乐，特别是歌剧，就像佳酿或出境游一样受到志存高远者的青睐。
• His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company
  他的父亲是粤剧团的演员。
• The Opera House is decorated with the Hungarian national colours: green, red and white.
  歌剧院是以匈牙利国旗的颜色——绿、红、白三色装饰的。
• He was orchestrating the second act of his opera.
  他在为自己那部歌剧的第二幕谱写管弦乐曲。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.
  这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。