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

• 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。
• Are you an opera lover?
  你是歌剧发烧友吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After failing a singing audition at the Metropolitan Opera, she turned to musical comedy.
  在大都会歌剧院的试唱失败后，她转而投身歌舞喜剧。
• 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。
• The following year she joined the Royal Opera House.
  次年她加入了皇家歌剧院。
• 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。
• The opera is due to be premiered by ENO next year.
  这部歌剧将于明年在英国国家歌剧院首演。