Word · Frequency #5731
carol
唱颂歌，尤指集体唱圣诞颂歌
To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
- 1.
To sing in a joyful manner.
欢快地歌唱
- 2.
To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
唱颂歌,尤指集体唱圣诞颂歌
- 3.
To praise or celebrate in song.
以歌声赞美或庆祝
- 4.
sing carols
唱颂歌
- 5.
To sing (a song) cheerfully.
愉快地唱(歌)
欢快地唱；愉快地唱；以歌声赞美；用歌唱庆祝；欢快地歌唱；唱颂歌,尤指集体唱圣诞颂歌；以歌声赞美或庆祝
In use
Every December, we carol at the local nursing home to spread holiday cheer.
The children carolled from house to house on Christmas Eve.
She was carolling softly while decorating the tree.
They went caroling on Christmas Day
carol (around/through a place)
carol 作不及物动词时，常指成群结队地唱圣诞颂歌。
Every December, groups of neighbours carol through the streets.
每年十二月，邻居们结伴在街上唱圣诞颂歌。
carol a song
carol 可作及物动词，表示“愉快地唱（某首歌）”，但这种用法不如唱圣诞颂歌常见。
She carolled a cheerful song while gardening.
她一边在花园干活，一边欢快地唱着一首歌。
Connections
Collocations
- go carolling
- 去唱圣诞颂歌
- We go carolling around the neighbourhood every Christmas Eve.每年圣诞前夜，我们都会在社区里走家串户唱圣诞颂歌。
- carol from door to door
- 挨家挨户唱圣诞颂歌
- The choir carolled from door to door to collect donations.唱诗班挨家挨户唱圣诞颂歌来募集捐款。
- carol merrily
- 欢快地歌唱
- Sparrows carolled merrily in the morning treetops.麻雀在清晨的树梢上欢快地歌唱。
Pop culture & quotes
- Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling.
- 稍后我们会吃南瓜派，然后去唱圣诞颂歌。This line from Brenda Lee's 1958 holiday hit 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' is one of the most famous uses of 'carol' as a verb in popular music.这句歌词出自布伦达·李1958年的圣诞金曲《围着圣诞树摇摆》，是流行音乐中‘carol’用作动词最著名的例子之一。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象圣诞夜一群人挨家挨户欢快地唱颂歌，carol就是这种集体欢乐歌唱。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：Christmas carol singing、literary or poetic descriptions of joyful singing carol 作动词时，最常用的是“唱圣诞颂歌，尤其指集体挨户唱颂歌”，这个用法在圣诞季节的日常对话中比较自然；而“欢快地歌唱”或“以歌声赞美”多用于文学作品或诗歌中，语气偏正式。日常口语中表达“唱歌”更常用 sing。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Barrel is a true rhyme with carol /ˈkærəl/. Coral, moral, choral, and quarrel are lookalikes: their stressed vowel is /ɒ/ or /ɔː/, not the /æ/ in carol.
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.