opera

英 [ˈɒprə]

美 [ˈɑːprə]

n.  歌剧; 歌剧剧本; 歌剧艺术; 歌剧团; 歌剧院
opus的复数

复数：operas　

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLTEM4TEM8

Collins.3 / BNC.2984 / COCA.3851

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

• 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。
• Strauss spent much of 1941 scoring his last opera, Capriccio
  施特劳斯用了1941年的大部分时间为自己的最后一部歌剧《随想曲》编写总谱。
• 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。
• I happen to be an aficionado of the opera, and I love art museums
  碰巧我是个歌剧迷，而且我爱去艺术博物馆。
• He acted Lin Chong in the Beijing opera Driven to Join the Liangshan Rebels.
  他在京剧《逼上梁山》里去林冲。
• 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。
• At Opera North he will be in harness with Paul Daniel, the conductor appointed music director last year.
  在北方歌剧公司，他将和去年指挥指定的音乐总监保罗·丹尼尔通力合作。
• He was a man of catholic tastes, a lover of grand opera, history and the fine arts.
  他这个人兴趣广泛，大歌剧、历史、美术，无所不好。
• He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera.
  他还是个酷爱歌剧的古典音乐专家。
• 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。