Oratorio



GRE Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 清唱剧
• ［英］ n. 清唱剧 ( 没有舞台行动, 道具的戏剧)
• ［记］ orate ( 演讲) +orio ( 表示音乐类) -> 配以音乐的演讲 -> 清唱剧

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -rios)

• Etymology: Italian, from the Oratorio di San Filippo Neri (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) in Rome
• Date: 1731
• a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery

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