Word · Frequency #5731
carol
圣诞颂歌；圣诞歌
a traditional song sung at Christmas, especially one about the birth of Christ
- 1.
A ballad or song of joy.
欢乐的歌谣或歌曲。
- 2.
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
圣诞颂歌
- 3.
a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
欢乐的歌曲(通常庆祝基督诞生)
欢乐的歌；颂歌；欢乐的歌谣或歌曲。；圣诞颂歌；欢乐的歌曲(通常庆祝基督诞生)；颂歌
In use
The choir sang a beautiful carol at the midnight service.
Every Christmas, our neighbors go door-to-door singing carols.
The children practiced a traditional carol for the school concert.
adjective + carol
常用形容词包括 joyful, beautiful, traditional 等。
They performed a joyful carol at midnight.
他们在午夜演唱了一首欢快的颂歌。
verb + carol(s)
注意：carol 也可用作动词，但此处为名词用法。
The choir will carol at the town square.
唱诗班将在城镇广场唱颂歌。
a carol about + topic
用 about 引出颂歌的主题内容。
Connections
Collocations
- sing carols
- 唱圣诞颂歌
- Every year we go to the church to sing carols.每年我们都去教堂唱圣诞颂歌。
- Christmas carol
- 圣诞颂歌
- The choir performed a beautiful Christmas carol.唱诗班演唱了一首优美的圣诞颂歌。
- carol service
- 圣诞颂歌礼拜
- The carol service on Christmas Eve is always well attended.圣诞前夜的颂歌礼拜总是座无虚席。
- carol concert
- 圣诞颂歌音乐会
- They held a carol concert at the town hall.他们在市政厅举办了一场圣诞颂歌音乐会。
- traditional carol
- 传统圣诞颂歌
- We sang traditional carols around the Christmas tree.我们在圣诞树旁唱传统圣诞颂歌。
- carol singer
Learner notes
Memory Tip
carol = 圣诞颂歌：car(车)+ol(哦)，圣诞老人驾车唱颂歌。
Context & Register
圣诞节唱颂歌的场合通常比较正式或传统，多用于描述与圣诞相关的宗教或欢庆活动。
Grammar Note
特指圣诞节颂歌
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhyme: barrel (/ˈbærəl/). Lookalikes with different vowel: coral, moral, oral (all /ˈkɔːrəl, ˈmɔːrəl, ˈɔːrəl/). Symbol shares spelling ending -ol but has different stressed vowel (/ˈsɪmbəl/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.