Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - chorus
Chorus
chorus
n. & v. --n. (pl. choruses) 1 a group (esp. a large one) of singers; a choir. 2 a piece of music composed for a choir. 3 the refrain or the main part of a popular song, in which a chorus participates. 4 any simultaneous utterance by many persons etc. (a chorus of disapproval followed). 5 a group of singers and dancers performing in concert in a musical comedy, opera, etc. 6 Gk Antiq. a in Greek tragedy, a group of performers who comment together in voice and movement on the main action. b an utterance of the chorus. 7 esp. in Elizabethan drama, a character who speaks the prologue and other linking parts of the play. 8 the part spoken by this character. --v.tr. & intr. (of a group) speak or utter simultaneously. Phrases and idioms chorus girl a young woman who sings or dances in the chorus of a musical comedy etc. in chorus (uttered) together; in unison. Etymology: L f. Gk khoros
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I. noun Etymology: Latin, ring dance, ~, from Greek choros Date: 1567 1. a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action, a character in Elizabethan drama who speaks the prologue and epilogue and comments on the action, an organized company of singers who sing in concert ; choir, a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue, 2. a part of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, the part of a drama sung or spoken by the ~, a composition to be sung by a number of voices in concert, the main part of a popular song, 3. something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons or animals , sounds so uttered , II. transitive verb Date: 1826 to sing or utter in ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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