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/ɔːrˈkestrəl/ · /ɔːˈkestrəl/
relating to an orchestra — a large group of musicians who play instruments such as violins, flutes, and drums together — or written to be played by one.
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A stage full of musicians — rows of violins, a line of flutes, drums at the back — all playing one piece together. This word is simply the adjective that points at that whole group: it belongs to them, or it was written for them.
一個坐滿樂手的舞台：前排一整排小提琴，中間是長笛、單簧管，後面是鼓和銅管，幾十個人照著同一份譜一起出聲。這個字就是指…更多收起
一個坐滿樂手的舞台：前排一整排小提琴，中間是長笛、單簧管，後面是鼓和銅管，幾十個人照著同一份譜一起出聲。這個字就是指著那一整團人的形容詞——不是某一件樂器，而是「屬於那整團」或「為那整團寫的」。所以聽到 orchestral，腦中該浮現的是規模和層次：很多聲部疊在一起的那種厚度。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
orchestraladj/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/
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Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.
- orchestral music/piece/sound
orchestralnoun/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/
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An orchestral performance.
- The ABC would have top-billing for the orchestral concerts and Williamsons for the recitals; we would go for a three-guinea top for the orchestrals, at that time a record; the ABC would do the front of house and the banking; [...]
- I also enjoy, still using music as an analogy, when Nature segues from quieter contemplative pieces featuring fog and overcast and rain to the full orchestrals of storms: booming tympani of thunder, cymbal crashes of lightning, full-brass of wind ...
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。