chorister

n. 唱诗班男童歌手, 唱诗队领队

发音

UK /ˈkɒɹɪstə(ɹ)/
其它 /ˈkwɪɹɪstəɹ/
US /ˈkɔɹɪstɚ/

词形变化

choristers 复数 choristers

别名

quirister

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A singer in a choir; especially a child in a church or cathedral choir.

    None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough.

  2. 2.

    A director or leader of a choral group.

    美国

    Jane was the chorister of her congregation's choir, and that occupied much of her time on the weekends.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

singer vocalist vocaliser vocalizer

下位词 2

choirboy choirgirl

整体词 1

choir

词源

Derived from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer). Equivalent to choir + -ster.

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