- [countable, uncountable]
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 歌劇；歌劇劇本；歌劇藝術 Puccini’s operas 普契尼的歌劇 to go to the opera 去看歌劇 an opera singer 歌劇演員 light/grand opera 輕歌劇；大歌劇
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
- [countable]
a company that performs opera; a building in which operas are performed 歌劇團；歌劇院 the Vienna State Opera 維也納國家歌劇院
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin, literally ‘labour, work’.