opus

noun
🔊/ˈəʊpəs/
🔊/ˈəʊpəs/
(plural opera
🔊/ˈɒpərə/
🔊/ˈɑːpərə/
)
[usually singular]
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  1. (abbreviation op.)
    a piece of music written by a famous composer and usually followed by a number that shows when it was written(按作曲家的创作时间排列的)编号乐曲
    • Beethoven’s Opus 18贝多芬第十八号作品
    Topics Musicc2
  2. (formal) an important piece of literature, etc., especially one that is on a large scale主要(文学等)作品;(尤指)大作,巨著 synonym work see also magnum opus
  3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘work’.