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be a troubadour
troubadour 是可数名词，此处用不定冠词 a 表示‘一位’，作 be 动词的表语。
Her grandfather was a troubadour and knew hundreds of songs.
她的祖父是一位行吟诗人，会唱几百首歌。
行吟诗人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
行吟诗人
a singer of folk songs
Her grandfather was a troubadour and knew hundreds of songs.
她的祖父是一位行吟诗人，会唱几百首歌。
中世纪欧洲巡回创作和表演歌曲的人；游吟诗人或行吟歌手。
An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
The troubadour sang old songs about knights and distant lands.
这位行吟诗人演唱了关于骑士和遥远国度的古老歌谣。
At the festival, a troubadour wandered among the crowd playing a small guitar.
节日上，一位行吟诗人在人群中漫步，弹着小吉他。
Many troubadours traveled from castle to castle to share their songs.
许多行吟诗人从一个城堡到另一个城堡，分享他们的歌谣。
troubadour 是可数名词，此处用不定冠词 a 表示‘一位’，作 be 动词的表语。
Her grandfather was a troubadour and knew hundreds of songs.
她的祖父是一位行吟诗人，会唱几百首歌。
who 引导的定语从句修饰 the troubadour，用于补充说明具体是哪位行吟诗人。
The troubadour who sang this tune is from the south.
唱这首曲子的那位行吟诗人来自南方。
troubadours 是复数形式，作主语时谓语动词用复数（如 travel）。
Troubadours travel from town to town to sing their songs.
行吟诗人走村串镇，演唱自己的歌曲。
Not this
He was troubadour in medieval France.
Use this
He was a troubadour in medieval France.
troubadour 是可数名词单数，作表语时须加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
There were many troubadour in medieval France.
Use this
There were many troubadours in medieval France.
troubadour 是可数名词，受 many 修饰时要用复数 troubadours；汉语名词没有复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
中世纪的吟游诗人
The medieval troubadour wandered from castle to castle singing his verses.
中世纪的吟游诗人从一个城堡流浪到另一个城堡，吟唱他的诗篇。
吟游诗人传统
The troubadour tradition flourished in southern France during the 12th century.
吟游诗人传统在12世纪的法国南部繁荣发展。
行吟诗人
He is often considered the greatest troubadour poet of his time.
他常被认为是那个时代最伟大的行吟诗人。
吟游诗人的歌
She sang a haunting troubadour song about lost love.
她唱了一首关于失去的爱情的令人难忘的吟游诗人的歌。
吟游诗人的抒情诗
The troubadour lyrics often celebrate courtly love and valor.
吟游诗人的抒情诗常常歌颂骑士之爱和勇气。
我是个行吟诗人，我不知道自己要去哪里，但我知道自己去过哪里。
George Strait's hit country song 'Troubadour' describes a singer as a troubadour who has spent years traveling from town to town with his guitar.
乔治·斯特雷特的热门乡村歌曲《行吟诗人》把歌手描绘成一个多年来带着吉他走遍一座座城镇的流浪歌者。
Use troubadour naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：把 troubadour 联想成 travel + door（旅行+门口），行吟诗人一路旅行，在每家门口弹唱。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、historical writing、music commentary 这个词多出现在文学、历史或音乐评述等较正式的语境中，指吟唱或创作民谣的诗人歌手；日常随意对话中一般用得不多。
The 'trou' in troubadour sounds like true and troupe (/truː/). The ending '-our' is not pronounced the same in tour /tʊr/, four /fɔːr/, hour /ˈaʊər/, or dour /ˈdaʊər/; none of these rhymes with troubadour /ˈtruːbə.duə/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.