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a dramatic work in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment 歌剧；歌剧剧本；歌剧艺术 Puccini’s operas 普契尼的歌剧 to go to the opera 去看歌剧 an opera singer 歌剧演员 light/grand opera 轻歌剧；大歌剧
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
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a company that performs opera; a building in which operas are performed 歌剧团；歌剧院 the Vienna State Opera 维也纳国家歌剧院
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin, literally ‘labour, work’.