chord

noun

/kɔːd/

/kɔːrd/

Idioms

(music音乐) three or more notes played together和弦；和音Topics Musicc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- minor
- C
- …
verb + chord
- play
- strum
chord + noun
- change
- progression
- sequence
- …
enlarge image
(mathematics数学) a straight line that joins two points on a curve弦

词源sense 1 Middle English cord, from accord. The spelling change in the 18th cent. was due to confusion with chord in the mathematical sense. The original sense was ‘agreement, reconciliation’, later ‘a musical concord or harmonious sound’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 mid 16th cent. (in the anatomical sense): a later spelling (influenced by Latin chorda ‘rope’) of cord.

Idioms

strike/touch a chord (with somebody)

to say or do something that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm引起同情（或共鸣）
- The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience.讲演者显然已引起了听众的共鸣。

词汇	chord
释义	chord noun /kɔːd/ /kɔːrd/ Idioms (music音乐) three or more notes played together和弦；和音Topics Musicc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective major minor C … verb + chord play strum chord + noun change progression sequence … enlarge image (mathematics数学) a straight line that joins two points on a curve弦词源sense 1 Middle English cord, from accord. The spelling change in the 18th cent. was due to confusion with chord in the mathematical sense. The original sense was ‘agreement, reconciliation’, later ‘a musical concord or harmonious sound’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 mid 16th cent. (in the anatomical sense): a later spelling (influenced by Latin chorda ‘rope’) of cord. Idioms strike/touch a chord (with somebody) to say or do something that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm引起同情（或共鸣） The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience.讲演者显然已引起了听众的共鸣。
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