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perform/stage an opera
指演出歌剧，opera前可加修饰语。
The company will perform a new opera next month.
该公司下个月将上演一部新歌剧。
歌剧
opere — plural of opera
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
歌剧
a drama set to music, with singing and orchestral accompaniment
The company will perform a new opera next month.
该公司下个月将上演一部新歌剧。
融合戏剧、音乐、歌曲,有时包括舞蹈的舞台作品。
A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
此类作品的总谱。
The score for such a work.
歌剧体裁,即创作歌剧的艺术。
The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
专门用于上演歌剧的建筑；歌剧院。
A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
We went to the opera last Saturday and the singing was amazing.
我们上周六去看了歌剧，演唱非常精彩。
My grandmother listens to opera every morning while she drinks her tea.
我奶奶每天早上边喝茶边听歌剧。
She has seen many operas, but this one is her favorite.
她看过许多歌剧，但这一部是她最喜欢的。
指演出歌剧，opera前可加修饰语。
The company will perform a new opera next month.
该公司下个月将上演一部新歌剧。
表示某作曲家创作的歌剧作品。
She is studying an opera by Mozart.
她正在研究莫扎特的一部歌剧。
指去歌剧院看歌剧演出，定冠词the不可省略。
We went to the opera last night.
我们昨晚去看了歌剧。
Not this
He operas well.
Use this
He sings opera well.
“Opera”是名词，不能用作动词。表示“唱歌剧”需用动词短语“sing opera”。
Not this
I saw opera at the theater.
Use this
I saw an opera at the theater.
“Opera”作为可数名词，指具体一部歌剧时需加不定冠词“an”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
去看歌剧
We often go to the opera on weekends.
我们周末经常去看歌剧。
歌剧院
The Sydney Opera House is a famous landmark.
悉尼歌剧院是一个著名的地标。
歌剧演员
She dreams of becoming an opera singer.
她梦想成为一名歌剧演员。
喜歌剧
Comic opera often features humorous plots.
喜歌剧通常有幽默的情节。
肥皂剧
She watches her favorite soap opera every evening.
她每晚看她最喜欢的肥皂剧。
肥皂剧
She watches a soap opera every afternoon.
她每天下午看一部肥皂剧。
西部片
He used to direct horse operas in the 1950s.
他曾在1950年代导演西部片。
胖女人没唱歌，歌剧就没结束。
This saying originates from opera, where the performance is not over until the final aria.
这句谚语源自歌剧，表演直到最后咏叹调才算结束。
歌剧魅影就在那里，在我脑海里。
A line from the famous musical 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
这是著名音乐剧《歌剧魅影》中的一句歌词。
Use opere naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想音译'欧佩拉'，想象欧洲歌剧院里华丽的演唱场景。
歌剧一词多用于正式场合，如歌剧院、音乐厅或文化讨论中，日常对话中也较常见，整体语域偏中性正式。
通常指一部歌剧作品或建筑，可数名词。
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