| 英语单词 | carol |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kærəl] 美 ['kærəl] |
| 中文释义 | n.颂歌;欢乐的歌;卡罗尔(人名) v.欢唱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The bells chimed a Christmas carol. (2) She struck up the first carol on the grand piano. (3) He used to carol cheerfully in the morning. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 钟声奏出一曲圣诞颂歌。 (2) 她在那架大钢琴上演奏起第一支颂歌。 (3) 他以前常在早晨快乐地歌唱。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A carol is a religious song that's sung around Christmas time. In some towns, people who celebrate Christmas go to neighbors' houses and sing carols. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The most well-known carols are Christmas carols, but word applies to other religious songs as well. Various hymns and folk songs are sometimes called carols, and you can use the word as a verb to mean "sing a carol." In the 14th century, carol meant "to sing," but also "to dance in a ring," from the Old French carole, "ring dance accompanied by singers," probably from the Greek khoraules, "flute player who accompanies the dance." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]圣诞颂歌 Carols are Christian religious songs that are sung at Christmas.
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