n. a [adj] minstrel
minstrel 是可数名词,常用 a/an 或 the 限定,也可加形容词修饰。
A famous minstrel sang at the fair.
一位著名的游吟诗人在集市上歌唱。
滑稽说唱团演员
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滑稽说唱团演员
a performer in a minstrel show
A famous minstrel sang at the fair.
一位著名的游吟诗人在集市上歌唱。
此处指‘滑稽说唱团演员’,不是‘吟游诗人’。
A minstrel who performed in traveling shows had to master singing, dancing, and comedy.
在巡回演出中表演的滑稽说唱团演员必须精通歌唱、舞蹈和喜剧。
The lecturer showed a rare photograph of two minstrels in full costume.
讲师展示了一张罕见的照片,上面有两个身着全套戏服的滑稽说唱团演员。
In the 1850s, he was a minstrel in a popular troupe that performed every night.
在19世纪50年代,他是一支受欢迎剧团里的滑稽说唱团演员,该剧团每晚演出。
minstrel 是可数名词,常用 a/an 或 the 限定,也可加形容词修饰。
A famous minstrel sang at the fair.
一位著名的游吟诗人在集市上歌唱。
minstrel 可作定语名词,常见搭配 minstrel show(滑稽说唱演出)。
We watched a minstrel show.
我们观看了一场滑稽说唱表演。
动词用法较生僻,宾语为赞美的对象;过去式可写作 minstreled 或 minstrelled。
They minstreled the hero's return.
他们以歌唱赞美英雄的归来。
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(19世纪美国白人涂黑脸的)滑稽说唱表演
The minstrel show was a popular form of entertainment in 19th-century America.
19世纪,这种白人涂黑脸的滑稽说唱表演在美国是一种流行的娱乐形式。
流浪吟游诗人
A wandering minstrel stopped at our village and played for the crowd.
一位流浪吟游诗人来到我们村子,为人们演奏。
宫廷吟游诗人
The court minstrel composed a song for the queen's birthday.
宫廷吟游诗人为王后的生日创作了一首歌。
中世纪吟游诗人
Medieval minstrels sang ballads about knights and battles.
中世纪吟游诗人吟唱关于骑士和战斗的民谣。
吟游诗人吟唱的歌曲
He learned an old minstrel song from his grandfather.
他从祖父那里学会了一首古老的吟游歌谣。
吟游少年已赴战场,你将在死亡的行列中找到他。
This is the opening of the Irish patriotic song 'The Minstrel Boy' by Thomas Moore, about a young minstrel going to war. It has become a traditional tune played at military and police funerals.
这是托马斯·摩尔创作的爱国歌曲《吟游少年》的开头,讲述一位年轻吟游诗人奔赴战场。该曲已成为军警葬礼上演奏的传统曲调。
道路漫长,寒风刺骨,吟游诗人老迈体衰。
These are the opening lines of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' (1805), which describes an elderly wandering minstrel, the last of his kind.
这是沃尔特·司各特爵士1805年叙事长诗《最后一个吟游诗人的歌》的开篇,描写了一位年迈的流浪吟游诗人,是最后一位吟游诗人。
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记忆联想:minstrel 以 min 开头,像‘民’,可记为‘走民间的歌手’——吟游诗人。
语域:mixed 常见场景:historical writing on 19th-century US entertainment、academic discussion of race in performance、literary or film studies of the period 这个义项指19世纪美国杂耍表演(minstrel show)中的演员,这类表演带有种族主义色彩,因此现代英语中多用于历史或学术讨论,日常使用需格外谨慎,以免冒犯他人。
动词的现在分词和过去式/过去分词可写作 minstreling/minstreled,也可写作 minstrelling/minstrelled。
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