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relating to classical music 古典的 a classical composer/musician/pianist 古典作曲家/音乐家/钢琴家 a classical concert 古典音乐会
Collocations MusicTopics Musica2Music 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
widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea 古典的；经典的；传统的 the classical economics of Smith and Ricardo 斯密与李嘉图的古典经济学 the classical theory of unemployment 传统的失业理论 classical and modern ballet/dance 古典与现代芭蕾舞／舞蹈
connected with or influenced by the culture of ancient Greece and Rome 和古希腊与古罗马文化相关的；受古希腊与古罗马文化影响的 classical studies 古希腊与古罗马的文化研究 a classical scholar (= an expert in Latin and Greek) 研究拉丁文与希腊文的学者 classical architecture 古希腊与古罗马式的建筑风格。
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with all the features you would expect to find; very typical 简洁优美的；朴实美观的 (of a language 语言 ancient in its form and no longer used in a spoken form 古文的；文言的 classical Arabic 古阿拉伯语
simple and attractive 简洁优美的；朴实美观的 the classical elegance of the design 设计简洁典雅
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘outstanding of its kind’): from Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class’ (later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’) + -al.