choreograph
verb🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːf/
🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they choreograph | 🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːf/ 🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræf/ |
| he / she / it choreographs | 🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːfs/ 🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræfs/ |
| past simple choreographed | 🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːft/ 🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræft/ |
| past participle choreographed | 🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːft/ 🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræft/ |
| -ing form choreographing | 🔊/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːfɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkɔːriəɡræfɪŋ/ |
- choreograph something
to design and arrange the steps and movements for dancers in a ballet or a show （为芭蕾舞或表演）设计舞蹈动作，编舞 She choreographed several ballets for the company. 她为公司编舞了几支芭蕾舞。 - (figurative)
There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by. 总统的车经过时，人们按精心编排的动作挥舞着旗帜。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChoreograph is used with these nouns as the object:- ballet
- sequence
- version
- …
Word Origin1940s: back-formation from choreography.