Definition of choir in English:

choir

noun ˈkwʌɪəˈkwaɪ(ə)r

1An organized group of singers, especially one that takes part in church services or performs in public.
合唱团；（教堂）唱诗班
a church choir
教堂唱诗班。
the choir of the University of Ulster
Example sentencesExamples
- She would have insisted on having an elaborate church service with a choir, minister and a thousand attendees.
- Many people sang in school or church choirs or in choral societies.
- In addition, few church musicians expose their choirs to the vast choral literature of Psalms settings that is readily available.
- Blackwell has degrees in physics and in divinity, and practical musical experience in directing a church choir.
- At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments.
- And all of these families are the ones who buy the concert tickets, support the performing organizations and sing in their church choirs.
- Ms Dow believed that you should sing everything and that sometimes involved working with church choirs.
- She is currently teaching at WVU's Community Music School and is a church organist / choir director.
- Petitioners point to music fees that may prevent youth or community orchestras, or church choirs, from performing some 20th century music.
- There will be gospel singers, choirs and the service will close with a freefall parachute display followed by a Borough picnic in the Park, with street theatre entertainment and a variety of ethnic foods on sale.
- As usual, a number of visiting choirs will perform at church services on Sunday - the final day of the festival.
- Now there are all kinds of arguments for and against having adult women singers in a church choir.
- I had been invited to sing in a church choir by my friend, the organist's daughter.
- For the services the church choir, as usual, was second to none.
- He soon became our church organist and also helped with the church choir.
- To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
- Most performing choruses are male, although there are also women's choirs that sing at church services.
- Perhaps the majority of her inspiration came from her mother, who was a soloist in the church choir and a skilled musical theater performer.
- Ever had been voted the strongest singer in the church choir last year.
- Special thanks to the organist and choirs in both churches and to the children's choir from St. Fiacc's NS and the young musicians from Killeshin.
Synonyms
singers, chorus, chorale
1. 1.1 One of two or more subdivisions of such a group performing together.
  （合唱团的）声部
  his famous Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs
  他为八个五声部创作的那首著名的《希望恒在》。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As well as performing items from their own repertoires, both choirs will sing together on two pieces.
  Barbara T remembers the St Patrick's concert at which the choirs from the Catholic schools sang together dressed in long white muslin frocks with green shamrock crowns on their heads.
  Choral hymns sung in four-part harmony by church choirs are commonly performed during secular and church-related events.
  A well-known but comparatively rare example in English music is Tallis's Spem in alium, for 40 voices in eight five-part choirs.
2. 1.2 The part of a cathedral or large church between the high altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy.
  唱诗班席位，教士席位
  it has tall, twin western towers and spires and a long nave and choir
  Example sentencesExamples
  As in the east screen at Naumburg, doors leading into the choir flank the altar.
  Women, he warned, should not approach the altar in the choir - except to take Communion.
  It was a French architect, William of Sens, who was called in to rebuild the choir of Canterbury Cathedral after the fire of 1174.
  And the clerestory windows of the choir, glazed with large standing figures, are virtually intact.
  Brown also does not know the difference between a nave and a choir in church architecture.
  One of the abbey's most famous features is the 14th century Washington Window, which is to be found high up in the choir area near the high altar.
  With the rest of my mind however, I stared into the pools of color cast in the choir loft by the stained glass window and let my thoughts go where they would.
  The new choir and organ loft will create a useful space underneath for a vestry with a secure area for valuables, kitchens, toilets and storage space.
  There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough.
  The will of the college's founder, Henry VI, specified steps and stated that the high altar should be raised three feet above the choir floor.
  It's nothing like the movies where the monks have an ancient cathedral with stain glass and a choir.
  The beauty of a cathedral choir offers sanctuary from the moisture and texture of a cobbled street.
  To the west, extending into the modern graveyard, are parts of the nave and choir, while north of the church is the site of the twelve-sided chapter house and the cloisters.
  His final commission, in the last years of his life, was for the eight bronze torch-bearing angels in the choir of the Cathedral.
3. 1.3 A group of instruments of one family playing together.
  一组同类乐器
  a clarinet choir
  一组单簧管。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The host school itself has six groups taking part a brass band, brass ensemble, junior brass trio and brass quintet, as well as a wind band and a clarinet choir.
  The company intends for the mics to be used on acoustic instruments and choirs, as well as drum overheads and percussion.
  They are on original instruments with small choirs, wonderfully balanced, and some of the finest Bach available.
  Tuition is available in all instruments, cello and Irish Harp now available, choir and orchestra, from 4 year olds to adults.
  Next to his commitment to his children, grandchildren and family, his golf and his choir practice were two very important elements of a very active life.
  I made my way around the room, hugging goodbye to various choir people, debaters, and soccer players and family, of course.
  They had clarinet choir today and he hated the fact that this had to happen to their Contra Player and not him, who it was intended for, but she seemed to be fine.
  The children, who are either orphans or are from very poor families, are lucky to be chosen to join the choir with more than 1,000 auditioning to join.

Origin

Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (see chorus). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with Latin chorus and modern French choeur.

The early spellings with a ‘q’ are from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (which entered English in the mid 16th century). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with the Latin. The spelling variant quire has never been altered in the English Prayer Book (‘In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem’).

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of choir in US English:

choir

nounˈkwī(ə)rˈkwaɪ(ə)r

1An organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly in public.
合唱团；（教堂）唱诗班
the Baptist choir
Example sentencesExamples
- Many people sang in school or church choirs or in choral societies.
- He soon became our church organist and also helped with the church choir.
- To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
- Petitioners point to music fees that may prevent youth or community orchestras, or church choirs, from performing some 20th century music.
- There will be gospel singers, choirs and the service will close with a freefall parachute display followed by a Borough picnic in the Park, with street theatre entertainment and a variety of ethnic foods on sale.
- Special thanks to the organist and choirs in both churches and to the children's choir from St. Fiacc's NS and the young musicians from Killeshin.
- She would have insisted on having an elaborate church service with a choir, minister and a thousand attendees.
- Ever had been voted the strongest singer in the church choir last year.
- Now there are all kinds of arguments for and against having adult women singers in a church choir.
- For the services the church choir, as usual, was second to none.
- Most performing choruses are male, although there are also women's choirs that sing at church services.
- And all of these families are the ones who buy the concert tickets, support the performing organizations and sing in their church choirs.
- In addition, few church musicians expose their choirs to the vast choral literature of Psalms settings that is readily available.
- At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments.
- I had been invited to sing in a church choir by my friend, the organist's daughter.
- Ms Dow believed that you should sing everything and that sometimes involved working with church choirs.
- Perhaps the majority of her inspiration came from her mother, who was a soloist in the church choir and a skilled musical theater performer.
- Blackwell has degrees in physics and in divinity, and practical musical experience in directing a church choir.
- As usual, a number of visiting choirs will perform at church services on Sunday - the final day of the festival.
- She is currently teaching at WVU's Community Music School and is a church organist / choir director.
Synonyms
singers, chorus, chorale
1. 1.1 One of two or more subdivisions of a choral group performing together.
  （合唱团的）声部
  his famous Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs
  他为八个五声部创作的那首著名的《希望恒在》。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A well-known but comparatively rare example in English music is Tallis's Spem in alium, for 40 voices in eight five-part choirs.
  Choral hymns sung in four-part harmony by church choirs are commonly performed during secular and church-related events.
  Barbara T remembers the St Patrick's concert at which the choirs from the Catholic schools sang together dressed in long white muslin frocks with green shamrock crowns on their heads.
  As well as performing items from their own repertoires, both choirs will sing together on two pieces.
2. 1.2 The part of a cathedral or large church between the altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy.
  唱诗班席位，教士席位
  Example sentencesExamples
  His final commission, in the last years of his life, was for the eight bronze torch-bearing angels in the choir of the Cathedral.
  There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough.
  Brown also does not know the difference between a nave and a choir in church architecture.
  The new choir and organ loft will create a useful space underneath for a vestry with a secure area for valuables, kitchens, toilets and storage space.
  It's nothing like the movies where the monks have an ancient cathedral with stain glass and a choir.
  It was a French architect, William of Sens, who was called in to rebuild the choir of Canterbury Cathedral after the fire of 1174.
  The beauty of a cathedral choir offers sanctuary from the moisture and texture of a cobbled street.
  The will of the college's founder, Henry VI, specified steps and stated that the high altar should be raised three feet above the choir floor.
  As in the east screen at Naumburg, doors leading into the choir flank the altar.
  One of the abbey's most famous features is the 14th century Washington Window, which is to be found high up in the choir area near the high altar.
  To the west, extending into the modern graveyard, are parts of the nave and choir, while north of the church is the site of the twelve-sided chapter house and the cloisters.
  And the clerestory windows of the choir, glazed with large standing figures, are virtually intact.
  With the rest of my mind however, I stared into the pools of color cast in the choir loft by the stained glass window and let my thoughts go where they would.
  Women, he warned, should not approach the altar in the choir - except to take Communion.
3. 1.3 A group of instruments of one family playing together.
  一组同类乐器
  a clarinet choir
  一组单簧管。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The children, who are either orphans or are from very poor families, are lucky to be chosen to join the choir with more than 1,000 auditioning to join.
  The host school itself has six groups taking part a brass band, brass ensemble, junior brass trio and brass quintet, as well as a wind band and a clarinet choir.
  Next to his commitment to his children, grandchildren and family, his golf and his choir practice were two very important elements of a very active life.
  The company intends for the mics to be used on acoustic instruments and choirs, as well as drum overheads and percussion.
  They are on original instruments with small choirs, wonderfully balanced, and some of the finest Bach available.
  They had clarinet choir today and he hated the fact that this had to happen to their Contra Player and not him, who it was intended for, but she seemed to be fine.
  Tuition is available in all instruments, cello and Irish Harp now available, choir and orchestra, from 4 year olds to adults.
  I made my way around the room, hugging goodbye to various choir people, debaters, and soccer players and family, of course.

Origin

Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (see chorus). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with Latin chorus and modern French choeur.

词汇	choir
释义	Definition of choir in English: choir noun ˈkwʌɪəˈkwaɪ(ə)r 1An organized group of singers, especially one that takes part in church services or performs in public. 合唱团；（教堂）唱诗班 a church choir 教堂唱诗班。 the choir of the University of Ulster Example sentencesExamples She would have insisted on having an elaborate church service with a choir, minister and a thousand attendees. Many people sang in school or church choirs or in choral societies. In addition, few church musicians expose their choirs to the vast choral literature of Psalms settings that is readily available. Blackwell has degrees in physics and in divinity, and practical musical experience in directing a church choir. At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments. And all of these families are the ones who buy the concert tickets, support the performing organizations and sing in their church choirs. Ms Dow believed that you should sing everything and that sometimes involved working with church choirs. She is currently teaching at WVU's Community Music School and is a church organist / choir director. Petitioners point to music fees that may prevent youth or community orchestras, or church choirs, from performing some 20th century music. There will be gospel singers, choirs and the service will close with a freefall parachute display followed by a Borough picnic in the Park, with street theatre entertainment and a variety of ethnic foods on sale. As usual, a number of visiting choirs will perform at church services on Sunday - the final day of the festival. Now there are all kinds of arguments for and against having adult women singers in a church choir. I had been invited to sing in a church choir by my friend, the organist's daughter. For the services the church choir, as usual, was second to none. He soon became our church organist and also helped with the church choir. To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir. Most performing choruses are male, although there are also women's choirs that sing at church services. Perhaps the majority of her inspiration came from her mother, who was a soloist in the church choir and a skilled musical theater performer. Ever had been voted the strongest singer in the church choir last year. Special thanks to the organist and choirs in both churches and to the children's choir from St. Fiacc's NS and the young musicians from Killeshin. Synonyms singers, chorus, chorale 1.1 One of two or more subdivisions of such a group performing together. （合唱团的）声部 his famous Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs 他为八个五声部创作的那首著名的《希望恒在》。 Example sentencesExamples As well as performing items from their own repertoires, both choirs will sing together on two pieces. Barbara T remembers the St Patrick's concert at which the choirs from the Catholic schools sang together dressed in long white muslin frocks with green shamrock crowns on their heads. Choral hymns sung in four-part harmony by church choirs are commonly performed during secular and church-related events. A well-known but comparatively rare example in English music is Tallis's Spem in alium, for 40 voices in eight five-part choirs. 1.2 The part of a cathedral or large church between the high altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy. 唱诗班席位，教士席位 it has tall, twin western towers and spires and a long nave and choir Example sentencesExamples As in the east screen at Naumburg, doors leading into the choir flank the altar. Women, he warned, should not approach the altar in the choir - except to take Communion. It was a French architect, William of Sens, who was called in to rebuild the choir of Canterbury Cathedral after the fire of 1174. And the clerestory windows of the choir, glazed with large standing figures, are virtually intact. Brown also does not know the difference between a nave and a choir in church architecture. One of the abbey's most famous features is the 14th century Washington Window, which is to be found high up in the choir area near the high altar. With the rest of my mind however, I stared into the pools of color cast in the choir loft by the stained glass window and let my thoughts go where they would. The new choir and organ loft will create a useful space underneath for a vestry with a secure area for valuables, kitchens, toilets and storage space. There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough. The will of the college's founder, Henry VI, specified steps and stated that the high altar should be raised three feet above the choir floor. It's nothing like the movies where the monks have an ancient cathedral with stain glass and a choir. The beauty of a cathedral choir offers sanctuary from the moisture and texture of a cobbled street. To the west, extending into the modern graveyard, are parts of the nave and choir, while north of the church is the site of the twelve-sided chapter house and the cloisters. His final commission, in the last years of his life, was for the eight bronze torch-bearing angels in the choir of the Cathedral. 1.3 A group of instruments of one family playing together. 一组同类乐器 a clarinet choir 一组单簧管。 Example sentencesExamples The host school itself has six groups taking part a brass band, brass ensemble, junior brass trio and brass quintet, as well as a wind band and a clarinet choir. The company intends for the mics to be used on acoustic instruments and choirs, as well as drum overheads and percussion. They are on original instruments with small choirs, wonderfully balanced, and some of the finest Bach available. Tuition is available in all instruments, cello and Irish Harp now available, choir and orchestra, from 4 year olds to adults. Next to his commitment to his children, grandchildren and family, his golf and his choir practice were two very important elements of a very active life. I made my way around the room, hugging goodbye to various choir people, debaters, and soccer players and family, of course. They had clarinet choir today and he hated the fact that this had to happen to their Contra Player and not him, who it was intended for, but she seemed to be fine. The children, who are either orphans or are from very poor families, are lucky to be chosen to join the choir with more than 1,000 auditioning to join. Origin Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (see chorus). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with Latin chorus and modern French choeur. The early spellings with a ‘q’ are from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (which entered English in the mid 16th century). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with the Latin. The spelling variant quire has never been altered in the English Prayer Book (‘In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem’). Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of choir in US English: choir nounˈkwī(ə)rˈkwaɪ(ə)r 1An organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly in public. 合唱团；（教堂）唱诗班 the Baptist choir Example sentencesExamples Many people sang in school or church choirs or in choral societies. He soon became our church organist and also helped with the church choir. To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir. Petitioners point to music fees that may prevent youth or community orchestras, or church choirs, from performing some 20th century music. There will be gospel singers, choirs and the service will close with a freefall parachute display followed by a Borough picnic in the Park, with street theatre entertainment and a variety of ethnic foods on sale. Special thanks to the organist and choirs in both churches and to the children's choir from St. Fiacc's NS and the young musicians from Killeshin. She would have insisted on having an elaborate church service with a choir, minister and a thousand attendees. Ever had been voted the strongest singer in the church choir last year. Now there are all kinds of arguments for and against having adult women singers in a church choir. For the services the church choir, as usual, was second to none. Most performing choruses are male, although there are also women's choirs that sing at church services. And all of these families are the ones who buy the concert tickets, support the performing organizations and sing in their church choirs. In addition, few church musicians expose their choirs to the vast choral literature of Psalms settings that is readily available. At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments. I had been invited to sing in a church choir by my friend, the organist's daughter. Ms Dow believed that you should sing everything and that sometimes involved working with church choirs. Perhaps the majority of her inspiration came from her mother, who was a soloist in the church choir and a skilled musical theater performer. Blackwell has degrees in physics and in divinity, and practical musical experience in directing a church choir. As usual, a number of visiting choirs will perform at church services on Sunday - the final day of the festival. She is currently teaching at WVU's Community Music School and is a church organist / choir director. Synonyms singers, chorus, chorale 1.1 One of two or more subdivisions of a choral group performing together. （合唱团的）声部 his famous Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs 他为八个五声部创作的那首著名的《希望恒在》。 Example sentencesExamples A well-known but comparatively rare example in English music is Tallis's Spem in alium, for 40 voices in eight five-part choirs. Choral hymns sung in four-part harmony by church choirs are commonly performed during secular and church-related events. Barbara T remembers the St Patrick's concert at which the choirs from the Catholic schools sang together dressed in long white muslin frocks with green shamrock crowns on their heads. As well as performing items from their own repertoires, both choirs will sing together on two pieces. 1.2 The part of a cathedral or large church between the altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy. 唱诗班席位，教士席位 Example sentencesExamples His final commission, in the last years of his life, was for the eight bronze torch-bearing angels in the choir of the Cathedral. There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough. Brown also does not know the difference between a nave and a choir in church architecture. The new choir and organ loft will create a useful space underneath for a vestry with a secure area for valuables, kitchens, toilets and storage space. It's nothing like the movies where the monks have an ancient cathedral with stain glass and a choir. It was a French architect, William of Sens, who was called in to rebuild the choir of Canterbury Cathedral after the fire of 1174. The beauty of a cathedral choir offers sanctuary from the moisture and texture of a cobbled street. The will of the college's founder, Henry VI, specified steps and stated that the high altar should be raised three feet above the choir floor. As in the east screen at Naumburg, doors leading into the choir flank the altar. One of the abbey's most famous features is the 14th century Washington Window, which is to be found high up in the choir area near the high altar. To the west, extending into the modern graveyard, are parts of the nave and choir, while north of the church is the site of the twelve-sided chapter house and the cloisters. And the clerestory windows of the choir, glazed with large standing figures, are virtually intact. With the rest of my mind however, I stared into the pools of color cast in the choir loft by the stained glass window and let my thoughts go where they would. Women, he warned, should not approach the altar in the choir - except to take Communion. 1.3 A group of instruments of one family playing together. 一组同类乐器 a clarinet choir 一组单簧管。 Example sentencesExamples The children, who are either orphans or are from very poor families, are lucky to be chosen to join the choir with more than 1,000 auditioning to join. The host school itself has six groups taking part a brass band, brass ensemble, junior brass trio and brass quintet, as well as a wind band and a clarinet choir. Next to his commitment to his children, grandchildren and family, his golf and his choir practice were two very important elements of a very active life. The company intends for the mics to be used on acoustic instruments and choirs, as well as drum overheads and percussion. They are on original instruments with small choirs, wonderfully balanced, and some of the finest Bach available. They had clarinet choir today and he hated the fact that this had to happen to their Contra Player and not him, who it was intended for, but she seemed to be fine. Tuition is available in all instruments, cello and Irish Harp now available, choir and orchestra, from 4 year olds to adults. I made my way around the room, hugging goodbye to various choir people, debaters, and soccer players and family, of course. Origin Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus (see chorus). The spelling change in the 17th century was due to association with Latin chorus and modern French choeur.
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