carol

• vi. 欢乐地歌唱；唱耶诞颂歌
• n. 颂歌，赞美诗；欢乐之歌
• vt. 欢唱；歌颂
• n. (Carol)人名；(英)卡罗尔，卡萝尔(女名)

来自PIE *gher, 围，围场。词源同chorus, garden. 原指围成一圈唱歌，庆祝。

1. joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

2. a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)

carol

carol: [13] English acquired carol from Old French carole, and the similarity of form and meaning naturally suggests that this in turn came from late Latin choraula ‘choral song’. In classical Latin times this had meant ‘person who accompanies a choir on a flute or reed instrument’, and it came from Greek khoraúlēs, a compound formed from khorós ‘choir’ (source of English chorus and choir) and aulos ‘reed instrument’.

However, the fact that the earliest recorded use of the word is for a dance in a ring, accompanied by singing, has led some etymologists to speculate that the underlying notion contained in it may be not ‘song’ but ‘circle’ (perhaps from Latin corolla ‘little crown, garland’).
=> choir, chorus

carol (n.)

c. 1300, "joyful song," also "dance in a ring," from Old French carole "kind of dance in a ring, round dance accompanied by singers," perhaps from Medieval Latin choraula "a dance to the flute," from Latin choraules "flute-player," from Greek khoraules "flute player who accompanies the choral dance," from khoros "chorus" (see chorus) + aulein "to play the flute," from aulos "reed instrument" (see alveolus). The meaning "Christmas hymn of joy" is attested from c. 1500.

Carol

masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Carolus (see Charles). As a fem. proper name, an abbreviation of Caroline. The masc. name never has been popular in U.S.; the fem. form was common after c. 1900 and was a top-10 name for U.S. girls born 1936-1950.

carol (v.)

c. 1300, "to dance in a ring," from Old French caroler, from carole (see carol (n.)). As "to sing" from late 14c. Related: Caroled; caroling.

Carol Harvey suggests that cyclists should be asked to ride on their own lanes.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called "movers and Shakespeares".

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

When the car's owner John anderson and his colleague Carol Lawrence returned to the car-which was itself worth ￡35, 000—in Glasgow city centre, they were shocked to find two policemen standing next to it.

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

"Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns," said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter and Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of tide, Crest and other products last year.

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin...

唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...carol singers at the door.

在门口唱圣诞颂歌的人

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Carol had the least publicity and least criticism of them all.

卡罗尔是最不受注意和最少受到抨击的人.

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Caroline: Sure. My name is Caroline . You can call me Carol?

卡罗琳: 当然可以. 我叫卡卡罗琳,你就叫我卡罗好了.

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Personnel Department . This is Carol Smith.

人事部,我是卡洛史密斯.

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Do you think Carol will be promoted this time?

你认为凯罗这次会被升职 吗 ?

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She used to carol cheerfully every morning.

她过去经常每天早上欢乐地歌唱.

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Mike. Anyway, answer was very evident. So Jason let Carol Mike leave the room first.

迈克无话可说. 无论如何, 答案已经非常明显的. 因此,詹森让迈克先出去.

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TOM: Is dinner ready, Carol?

汤姆: 卡罗尔,饭好了 吗 ?

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Carol: I'll wait for you here. I need to buy a toothbrush.

那我在这里等你. 我需要买支牙刷.

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Carol available at present. She's in conference.

卡罗尔现在不在这儿. 她正在出席会议.

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CAROL: Hello, Helen. Hello, Jim.

卡罗尔: 你好, 海伦. 你好, 吉姆.

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Rita's winning story features Carol as the central character.

瑞塔胜出的故事凸显卡罗尔这一中心人物.

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JIM: Thanks, Carol. May I a glass of beer please?

汤姆: 谢谢, 卡罗尔. 给我一杯啤酒好吗?

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Carol is very pretty and so is her sister.

卡罗尔很漂亮,她姐姐也很漂亮.

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Carol was sorry to hear that the Czar was coming back.

卡罗尔一听说沙皇要卷土重来,心里很难受.

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Carol: Oh, It's that dog. Don't feed it, he'll just follow you around.

卡罗尔: 哦, 那是一条狗,别著急喂它. 它只是跟著你.

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Carol, did you bake the cake for Jim's party?

卡罗尔, 你为吉姆办的聚会烤饼了 吗 ?

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Silent Night is my favourite carol.

《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌.

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The carol has a primitive strength and haunting simplicity.

这首颂歌有一种原始的力量和令人难忘的纯朴.

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Carol is a tall, dark, Latin type of woman.

卡萝尔身材高大，黑发棕肤，是个有着拉丁风情的女子。

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Carol managed a few proper snivels for the sake of appearance.

为了做做样子，卡萝尔适时地抽了几下鼻子。

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Carol Drinkwater is blessed with a fine bone structure that stands up better to the ravages of time.

卡罗尔·德林克沃特生就一副好身板，经过岁月历练还那么硬朗。

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I was sickened by the way Carol charmed all the men by turning coy.

卡萝尔忸怩作态勾引男人的样子让我恶心。

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Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a party.

让我们假设这样一种情景，卡萝尔，一位正在康复的可卡因成瘾者，应邀去参加一个聚会。

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Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked.

我一敲门，卡萝尔就来开了。

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Carol fussed about getting me a drink.

卡萝尔手忙脚乱地要给我弄一杯喝的。

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Carol is bolshy at not getting promotion.

卡罗尔对没有升职很有情绪。

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All this fuss is because Carol is having a bad hair day.

就因为卡萝尔今天不太顺心，所以弄得大家鸡飞狗跳。

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