a long, complicated piece of music for a large orchestra, in three or four main parts (called movements) 交响乐;交响曲 Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony 贝多芬的第五交响曲 Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, conducted by Hugh Wolff 由休·沃尔夫指挥演奏的布鲁克纳第五交响曲 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 芝加哥交响乐团
Collocations MusicTopics Musicb2Music 音乐 Listening 听 - listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
听/欣赏/喜爱/迷上音乐/古典音乐/爵士乐/流行音乐/嘻哈音乐等 - listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
听收音机/MP3 播放器/CD - put on/play a CD/a song/some music
播放 CD/歌曲/音乐 - turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
调小/调大音乐/收音机/音量/低音 - go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
去听音乐会;去看会演/现场演唱会/演出/音乐演奏会 - copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
复制/刻录/翻录音乐/CD/DVD - download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
Playing 演奏 - play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
演奏乐器/钢琴/打击乐/音符/重复段/主旋律/协奏曲/二重奏;凭听觉记忆演奏 - sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
唱国歌/民歌;独唱;唱咏叹调/蓝调歌曲;在合唱团演唱;唱女高音/中音/男高音/男低音;唱歌走调 - hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
哼曲子/主题曲/摇篮曲 - accompany a singer/choir
为歌手/合唱团伴奏 - strum a chord/guitar
弹奏和弦/吉他
Performing 表演 - form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
组建/创办/组成/加入/退出/离开乐队 - give a performance/concert/recital
表演节目;举办音乐会/音乐演奏会 - do a concert/recital/gig
开音乐会/音乐演奏会/现场演唱会 - play a concert/gig/festival/venue
在音乐会/现场演唱会/会演/音乐厅演出 - perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
在音乐会上演出 - appear at a festival/live
现身会演;现场表演 - go on/embark on a (world) tour
进行/开始(全球)巡演
Recording 录制 - write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
写/创作音乐/民谣/旋律/曲子/歌曲/主题歌/歌剧/交响曲 - land/get/sign a record deal
获得/签署唱片合约 - be signed to/be dropped by a record company
与唱片公司签约;被唱片公司解约 - record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
录制/发行/出版专辑/单曲/CD - be top of/top the charts
高居每周流行唱片排行榜之首 - get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
位列/一举登上/进入排行榜首位
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
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Word OriginMiddle English (denoting any of various musical instruments such as the dulcimer): from Old French symphonie, via Latin from Greek sumphōnia, from sumphōnos ‘harmonious’, from sun- ‘together’ + phōnē ‘sound’.