minstrel

英 [ˈmɪnstrəl]

美 [ˈmɪnstrəl]

n.  (中世纪的)游方艺人

复数：minstrels　

Collins.1 / BNC.19523 / COCA.19440

牛津词典

noun

• （中世纪的）游方艺人
  a musician or singer in the Middle Ages

柯林斯词典

• (中世纪云游各地为贵族表演的)吟游歌手，吟游乐师
  In medieval times, aminstrelwas a singer and musician who travelled around and entertained noble families.

英英释义

noun

• a singer of folk songs
  Synonym:folk singerjongleurpoet-singertroubadour
• a performer in a minstrel show

verb

• celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

双语例句

• He was especially fond of music, so he went to a famous minstrel and said," Teach me to play the lute as well as you do. "
  于是他走到一位有名的乐师那里，说“把你的本领教给我吧，我要把琴弹得和你一样好。”
• A performer in a minstrel show.
  在吟游诗上的表演者。
• They hired a minstrel for her birthday party.
  他们为她的生日晚会请了一个艺人。
• A person who can make up extemporaneous songs while playing the dongbula is called an aken, which means a wandering minstrel. "Play 'My Old Kentucky Home,'" he suggested smoothly, and Scarlett gratefully plunged into it.
  人们把即席作词演唱歌者称为“阿肯”，意即游唱诗人。“弹《我的肯塔基老家》吧，”他仿佛随随便便提议说，思嘉也高兴得立刻弹唱起来。
• The Negro minstrel is touring the country.
  那个黑人歌舞团正在全国各地巡回演出。
• A medieval itinerant singer; a minstrel.
  吟游诗人中世纪的流浪歌手；
• The minstrel had been to many places before he came here.
  在来到这里之前，这个吟游诗人已经去过很多地方。
• Minstrel songs described the culture of black American slaves in the southern states.
  滑稽说唱团演出的歌曲表现了美国南部黑人奴隶的文化。
• Alfred the Great acted his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.
  他扮作吟游歌手到丹麦军队的营地里侦察。
• I wish to be a minstrel again.
  我还想当杂耍艺人。