单词 | opus |
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音标 | ['əupəs] |
解释 | n. 巨着;(尤指)音乐作品 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.巨着;(尤指)音乐作 品(work esp. musical composition)) |
字源 | opus (n.) "a work, composition," especially a musical one, 1809, from Latin opus "a work, labor, exertion" (source of Italian opera, French oeuvre, Spanish obra), from PIE root *op- (1) "to work, produce in abundance" (Germanic *ob-) "to work, produce in abundance," originally of agriculture later extended to religious acts (cognates: Sanskrit apas- "work, religious act;" Avestan hvapah- "good deed;" Old High German uoben "to start work, to practice, to honor;" German üben "to exercise, practice;" Dutch oefenen, Old Norse æfa, Danish øve "to exercise, practice;" Old English æfnan "to perform, work, do," afol "power"). The plural, seldom used as such, is opera. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】看成 composition (作品,作曲)缩写 【相关】compose 创作(音乐)作品, composer 作家,作曲家 |
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