noun
1- a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists歌剧。
1.1
- mass noun such works as a genre of classical music作为古典音乐流派的歌剧作品。
1.2
- a building for the performance of opera歌剧院。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin, literally 'labour, work'.