coryphaeus

n. 合唱团的主唱者, 主唱者, 领导者

发音

其它 /ˌkɔɹəˈfiːəs/

词形变化

coryphaei coryphaeuses 复数 coryphaeuses coryphaei 复数

别名

coryphæus corypheus koryphaios

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.

    历史 媒体 艺术
  2. 2.

    The chief or leader of an interest or party.

    引申义

    1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii, Among those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson.

    1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123, Indeed, when we make a comparative study of the Zāhirite school's known coryphaei of the different periods for their dogmatic point of view, we shall soon find out that the most divergent, diametrically opposed dogmatic branches could be combined as belonging to the Zāhirite fiqh school.

  3. 3.

    The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.

词源

Borrowed from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).

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