Word · Frequency #25200
choreograph
设计舞步；编排舞蹈
to design and arrange the dance steps for a performance, often to music
- 1.
To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet.
为戏剧作品(如芭蕾舞)设计和记录舞蹈编排。
- 2.
To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate.
指导项目的发展；统筹安排。
- 3.
To work as a choreographer.
担任编舞者；从事编舞工作。
策划；精心安排；为戏剧作品(如芭蕾舞)设计和记录舞蹈编排。；指导项目的发展；统筹安排。；担任编舞者；从事编舞工作。；设计舞蹈动作
In use
Our dance teacher will choreograph the routine for the school performance.
It took them a month to choreograph the musical's biggest dance number.
She choreographs a new piece every spring for her dance troupe.
choreograph sth
本义指设计舞蹈动作；在正式语境中也可比喻为“精心策划”某项活动。
She choreographed a wonderful new ballet.
她编排了一部精彩的新芭蕾舞剧。
choreograph sth to music
用 to 引出配合的乐曲。
They choreographed the dance to traditional music.
他们根据传统音乐编排了这支舞。
choreograph sth for sb/sth
用 for 说明表演场合或受益对象。
Connections
Collocations
- choreograph a dance
- 编排一支舞蹈
- She was asked to choreograph a dance for the school play.她被邀请为学校演出编排一支舞蹈。
- choreograph a ballet
- 为芭蕾舞编排动作
- He spent months choreographing the ballet for the company.他花了数月时间给舞团编排这部芭蕾舞。
- choreograph a routine
- 编排一套动作
- The coach helped choreograph a new routine for the gymnasts.教练帮助体操运动员编排了一套新动作。
- choreograph a musical
- 为音乐剧编舞
- They hired her to choreograph the musical's dance numbers.他们聘请她为这部音乐剧的舞蹈段落编舞。
- choreograph a scene
- 精心设计一个场景
- The director carefully choreographed the fight scene.导演精心设计了那场打斗戏。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：choreo（舞蹈）+ graph（写/画）→ 把舞步写成谱，即“设计舞蹈动作”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：dance production、event planning、business strategy 该词在字面义（设计舞蹈动作）和比喻义（精心策划）中都较常见，多用于舞蹈、演出以及商业或政治活动的描述；口语中较少用，通常出现在较正式或专业的书面语中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在英式英语中，choreograph 结尾读作 /ɡrɑːf/，与 photograph、autograph、paragraph、telegraph、graph 押韵。注意 geography /dʒiˈɒɡrəfi/ 和 graphic /ˈɡræfɪk/ 虽然拼写相似，但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
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