choirs

英 [ˈkwaɪəz]

美 [kwaɪrz]

n.  (教堂的)唱诗班; (公开演出的)合唱团，歌唱队; (教堂)唱经楼，唱诗席
choir的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (教堂的)唱诗班;(学校的)合唱队，合唱团
  Achoiris a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
  1. He has been singing in his church choir since he was six.
     他打6岁起一直在教堂唱诗班里唱歌。
• (教堂里的)唱诗班席
  In a church building, thechoiris the area in front of the altar where the choir sits.

双语例句

• I mean I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.
  我在学校合唱队唱歌，在学校音乐剧里唱歌，但对跳舞的兴趣比对唱歌更浓。
• They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners.
  她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂、牧师、唱诗班和教区居民。
• The earth appeared old and worn, yet there was a certain barren picturesqueness in the leafless trees that raised their "bare ruined choirs" against the sky.
  脚下的土地显得古老而衰竭，叶子掉光了的树枝丫，直耸天际，衬托出满目荒凉的景色。
• You sang to me and angelic choirs burst forth in song.
  你给我唱一首歌，天使们就开始了合唱。
• There are three professional and twenty amateur choirs.
  有三个专业和二十个业余唱诗班。
• Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the singers, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs.
  大卫和抬约柜的利未人，并歌唱人的首领基拿尼雅，以及歌唱的人，都穿着细麻布的外袍。
• I sing in choirs more than I attend concerts.
  我唱诗歌比我参加的音乐会多。
• I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing, Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
  我听到耶路撒冷的钟声响起，罗马骑兵合唱团在歌唱
• But the aim of such choirs often to raise money for charity helps set suspicions aside.
  但这种合唱团的目的通常是慈善募捐，这会帮人们打消疑虑。
• My school has one of the best chapel choirs in the country.
  我的学校有全国最好的圣歌团。