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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。
圣诞颂歌；圣诞歌
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圣诞颂歌；圣诞歌
a traditional song sung at Christmas, especially one about the birth of Christ
They performed a joyful carol at midnight.
他们在午夜演唱了一首欢快的颂歌。
欢乐的歌谣或歌曲。
A ballad or song of joy.
圣诞颂歌
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
欢乐的歌曲(通常庆祝基督诞生)
a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
The choir sang a beautiful carol at the midnight service.
唱诗班在午夜礼拜中唱了一首美妙的圣诞颂歌。
Every Christmas, our neighbors go door-to-door singing carols.
每年圣诞节，我们的邻居都会挨家挨户唱圣诞颂歌。
The children practiced a traditional carol for the school concert.
孩子们为学校音乐会排练了一首传统圣诞颂歌。
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。
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。
用 about 引出颂歌的主题内容。
She wrote a carol about the birth of Jesus.
她写了一首关于耶稣降生的颂歌。
Not this
We sang carol at church.
Use this
We sang a carol at church.
英语中可数名词单数前需加冠词，中文常省略冠词，故学习者易遗漏。此处 carol 为可数名词单数，应加 a。
Not this
She sang a beautiful carol about the beach.
Use this
She sang a beautiful song about the beach.
carol 特指圣诞颂歌或宗教欢乐歌曲，不能用于非宗教或非圣诞场景。描述海滩歌曲应用 song。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
唱圣诞颂歌的人
The carol singers went door to door collecting donations.
唱圣诞颂歌的人挨家挨户募捐。
空中飘来圣诞颂歌。
We sang a carol together.
我们一起唱了一首颂歌。
这是一首颂歌，一首颂歌，一首钟声颂歌。
The band played a lively carol.
乐队演奏了一首欢快的颂歌。
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carol = 圣诞颂歌：car(车)+ol(哦)，圣诞老人驾车唱颂歌。
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。
特指圣诞节颂歌
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