choir
noun/ˈkwaɪə(r)/
/ˈkwaɪər/
Idioms - [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people who sing together, for example in church services or public performances
（教堂的）唱诗班；（公开演出的）合唱团，歌唱队 - She sings in the school choir.
她是校合唱队的成员。 - He joined the church choir when he was eight.
他八岁时加入了教堂唱诗班。 - to conduct/lead/direct a choir
指挥/领导/指导合唱团 - a male voice choir
男声合唱团 - The children's choir will perform some Christmas songs.
儿童合唱团将表演一些圣诞歌曲。
Collocations MusicMusicListening- listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
- listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
- put on/play a CD/a song/some music
- turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
- go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
- copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
- download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
- play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
- sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
- hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
- accompany a singer/choir
- strum a chord/guitar
- form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
- give a performance/concert/recital
- do a concert/recital/gig
- play a concert/gig/festival/venue
- perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
- appear at a festival/live
- go on/embark on a (world) tour
- write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
- land/get/sign a record deal
- be signed to/be dropped by a record company
- record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
- be top of/top the charts
- get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb2- She sings in the church choir.
她在教堂唱诗班唱歌。 - a massed choir of local schoolchildren
由本地学童组成的大合唱团 - two of the girls in the choir
合唱团中的两个女孩
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- massed
- 50-strong
- etc.
- …
- be in
- sing in
- join
- …
- perform
- sing
- practice
- director
- member
- …
- in a/the choir
- be preaching to the choir
- She sings in the school choir.
- [countable] the part of a church where the choir sits during services
（教堂）唱经楼，唱诗席
Word OriginMiddle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (denoting a character speaking the prologue of a play), from Greek khoros. The spelling change in the 17th cent. was due to association with Latin chorus and modern French choeur.
Idioms
preach to the choir (especially North American English)
(also preach to the converted British and North American English)
- to speak to people in support of views that they already hold
向教徒宣教；教读书人写大字 - I realize I may be preaching to the choir, but I think he's gorgeous.
我知道我这话可能多余，不过我觉得他棒极了。
- I realize I may be preaching to the choir, but I think he's gorgeous.