spirituals

英 [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəlz]

美 [ˈspɪrɪtʃəwəlz]

n.  灵歌(宗教歌曲，最初为美国黑人奴隶所唱)
spiritual的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 精神(上)的;心灵(上)的
  Spiritualmeans relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.
  1. She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
     她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
• ADJ 宗教(上)的；宗教信仰(上)的
  Spiritualmeans relating to people's religious beliefs.
  1. The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics...
     爱尔兰 370 万天主教徒的宗教领袖
  2. A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.
     一位身着牧师袍服的男子进行了宗教布道。
• 灵歌(原为美国黑奴所唱的一种宗教歌曲)
  Aspiritualis a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America.
• 精神家园;精神故乡
  Yourspiritual homeis the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there.

双语例句

• They composed lovely spirituals which have become a permanent part of American music.
  他们创作了优美的黑人灵歌？？现已成为美国音乐永恒的部分。
• His interest in Negro spirituals and jazz began when he was a young boy.
  还是一个小孩子，他对黑人圣歌和爵士乐就有了浓厚的兴趣。
• Within the cemetery enclosure a black children's choir sang "We'll Rally Around the Flag," the" Star-Spangled Banner "and spirituals before a series of black ministers read from the Bible.
  在墓地周围，一群黑人小孩唱诗班高唱着《我们团结在国旗之下》、《星条旗》以及圣歌，他们前面站着一群黑人牧师，读着《圣经》。
• One line of musical development led to the creation of religious songs, which were called spirituals.
  一种发展路子逐渐产生了称作圣歌的宗教歌曲。
• She watches and thinks women's painful fission of body and soul during the war with women's visual angle, finds out women's new spirituals which has been got during the war, and finally rises them from "woman" to "goddess".
  她以女性视角观察和思考女性在战争中肉体与灵魂的痛苦裂变，及其在战争中获得的精神新生，最终让她们由女人升华为女神。
• Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues.
  乡村音乐，一度被认作是乡村和西方音乐，自美国南部发展起来的流行音乐，原始形态来源于传统民间音乐，灵魂，和布鲁斯。
• Barty arranged dozens of folk songs and spirituals for what was then an all-male Glee Club.
  巴迪为当时全部是男声的欢乐合唱团编排了几十首民间歌曲和宗教歌曲。
• Negro spirituals, such as "nobody knows the trouble I ve seen," reflect hope in God in the midst of suffering.
  像「无人知道我的困难」这样的黑人灵歌，反映出苦难中对上帝的盼望。
• Some spirituals are based on syncopated rhythms.
  有一些圣歌以切分节奏为主旋律。
• It combined themes from Negro word songs, spirituals and blues, set to a fast beat, with the musicians improvising as they went along, like the funeral marching bands.
  它把来自黑人劳动歌曲、黑人灵歌和布鲁斯的主旋律结合在一起，编排出一种欢快节拍，再由乐师们在演奏时即兴发挥（像行进中的送葬乐队那样）。