ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHOIR | CHOIR + VERB | CHOIR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤massed (especially BrE) 大合唱團◇a massed choir of local schoolchildren由本地學童組成的大合唱團➤50-strong, etc. * 50 多人等的合唱團▸➤ladies', male-voice, mixed, etc.女聲、男聲、混聲等合唱團➤youth青年合唱團▸➤college, school大學/學校合唱團▸➤cathedral, church, etc.主教座堂/教堂等唱詩班➤gospel福音合唱團VERB + CHOIR➤be in, sing in是合唱團的一員;在合唱團唱歌◇She sings in the church choir.她在教堂唱詩班唱歌。➤join加入合唱團▸➤conduct, direct指揮合唱團▸➤accompany給唱詩班伴奏CHOIR + VERB➤perform, sing合唱團表演/唱歌CHOIR + NOUN➤practice合唱團練習◇Choir practice is on Wednesday evenings.合唱團每星期三晚上練習。➤director合唱團指揮➤member合唱團成員➤concert合唱團音樂會➤loft, room, screen唱詩班的廂席/房間/屏風PREPOSITION➤in a/the choir在合唱團中◇two of the girls in the choir合唱團中的兩個女孩PHRASES➤be preaching to the choir (NAmE, figurative) 多此一舉◇I realize I may be preaching to the choir (= telling someone who thinks the same), but I think he's gorgeous.我知道我這話可能多餘,不過我覺得他棒極了。