"a work, composition," especially a musical one, 1809, from Latin opus "a work, labor, exertion" (source of Italian opera, French oeuvre, Spanish obra), from PIE root *op- (1) "to work, produce in abundance" (Germanic *ob-) "to work, produce in abundance," originally of agriculture later extended to religious acts (cognates: Sanskrit apas- "work, religious act;" Avestan hvapah- "good deed;" Old High German uoben "to start work, to practice, to honor;" German üben "to exercise, practice;" Dutch oefenen, Old Norse æfa, Danish øve "to exercise, practice;" Old English æfnan "to perform, work, do," afol "power"). The plural, seldom used as such, is opera.
实用例句
1. The violinist played his own opus No.16.
这位提琴家演奏他自己的第十六号乐曲。
来自辞典例句
2. The violinist played his own opus, No. 16.
这位提琴家演奏他自己的第十六号乐曲.
来自辞典例句
3. The Pleasures of Childhood: Aria, Minuetto , Valse, and Marcia , Opus I, by Jean - Christophe Krafft.