French opera by Georges Bizet (1838-1875), premiered in Paris March 3, 1875. As a proper name, it can represent (especially in Italian and Spanish) a diminutive of Carmel/Carmelo or Latin carmen "song, poem, incantation, oracle" (see charm (n.)).
双语例句
1. Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.
在剧院里,他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。
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2. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
10天后卡门收到了一张用于购买机票的银行汇票。
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3. Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver'splans led to trouble.
卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划,由此引来了麻烦。
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4. Gregory shared confidences with Carmen.
格雷戈里和卡门说了知心话。
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5. Carmen stayed behind in the dark, sunless room.