Word · Frequency #25507
troubadour
行吟诗人
核心释义
a singer of folk songs
- 1.
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.
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。
用法In use
The troubadour sang old songs about knights and distant lands.
用法提示：名词单数，指中世纪游走演唱民间歌谣的歌手。
At the festival, a troubadour wandered among the crowd playing a small guitar.
用法提示：此处用单数名词，表示在街头或集市表演的民谣歌手。
Many troubadours traveled from castle to castle to share their songs.
用法提示：复数形式 troubadours，强调这类歌手的群体。
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。
the troubadour who + [relative clause]
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- medieval troubadour
- 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。
- troubadour tradition
- 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。
- troubadour poet
- 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。
- troubadour song
- 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。
- troubadour lyrics
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
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