minstrel
英 ['m?nstr(?)l]
美 ['m?nstr?l]
中文詞源
minstrel 游方藝人來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)minister,仆人,王室隨從,在古法語(yǔ)時(shí)期引申詞義小丑,弄臣,后用于指歌手,樂(lè)伎,游吟詩(shī)人等。
英文詞源
- minstrel
- minstrel: [13] Originally minstrel, like its close relative minister, denoted a ‘servant’. Its musical associations are a comparatively recent development. It goes back ultimately to late Latin ministeriālis ‘official’, a derivative of Latin ministerium (source of English ministry). Old French took it over as menestral, and it was here that a gradual specialization in meaning took place, from ‘servant’ via ‘entertainer’ to ‘singer’.
=> minister - minstrel (n.)
- early 13c., from Old French menestrel "entertainer, poet, musician; servant, workman; good-for-nothing, rogue," from Medieval Latin ministralis "servant, jester, singer," from Late Latin ministerialem (nominative ministerialis) "imperial household officer, one having an official duty," from ministerialis (adj.) "ministerial," from Latin ministerium (see ministry). The connecting notion is via the jester, etc., as a court position.
Specific sense of "musician" developed in Old French, but in English until 16c. the word was used of anyone (singers, storytellers, jugglers, buffoons) whose profession was to entertain patrons. Only in 18c. was the word limited, in a historical sense, to "medieval singer of heroic or lyric poetry who accompanied himself on a stringed instrument." Reference to blackface music acts in U.S. is from 1843.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Negro minstrel is touring the country.
- 那個(gè)黑人歌舞團(tuán)正在全國(guó)各地巡回演出.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. A strong love has sprung up between the minstrel and the king.
- 于是吟游詩(shī)人與國(guó)王之間就產(chǎn)生了深厚的感情.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. The young minstrel had a rare, rich voice.
- 這個(gè)青年歌手有一幅稀有的嘹亮嗓音.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. The first of all the negro minstrel shows came to town, and made a sensation.
- 一流的黑人演奏隊(duì)來(lái)到了這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn), 引起了轟動(dòng).
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)
- 5. The minstrel had been to many places before he came here.
- 在來(lái)到這里之前,這個(gè)吟游詩(shī)人已經(jīng)去過(guò)很多地方.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)