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。
• 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。
• The following year she joined the Royal Opera House.
  次年她加入了皇家歌剧院。
• 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。
• It was an opera, very glamorous and very sensual.
  这场歌剧美轮美奂，声色俱佳，给感官以极大享受。
• If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived
  要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。
• 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。
• I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden
  我喜爱歌剧，去年我搞到几张科芬园皇家歌剧院的票。
• Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera.
  丹尼斯最近开始从事歌剧指挥的工作，并且非常成功。
• Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage
  尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过，国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。