| 释义 |
pianist|ˈpiːənɪst|
[ad. F. pianiste, It. pianista: see piano n.2 and -ist.]
a. A player on the pianoforte.
1839Longfellow in Life (1891) I. 336 Hear that Schlesinger, the great pianist in New York, is dead. 1842F. Trollope Vis. Italy I. xx. 333 Talberg, the Paganini of pianists. 1887Academy 7 May 333/3 The pianist..proving himself a good executant and a sound musician.
b. pianist's cramp, hyperkinesis of the forearm, due to excessive piano-playing.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 539 The so-called ‘Professional hyperkineses’ (writer's cramp, histrionic spasm, pianist's cramp, telegraphist's cramp &c.) admit of a similar explanation.
c. in appositive Combs., as pianist-arranger, pianist-composer, pianist-conductor, pianist-leader.
1955Keepnews & Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz xx. 264 Pianist-arranger George Handy..turned..to the work of such as Bartok and Stravinsky. 1958M. White in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xviii. 220 Lew Stone..had been working as pianist-arranger for Roy Fox's band.
1928E. Blom Romance of Piano 156 The most accomplished amongst the earliest pianist-composers. 1942― Music in Eng. vii. 116 Thus arose the new race of pianist-composers which so conspicuously helps to people the musical history of this period, and to which even Mozart and Beethoven in a sense belong. 1959‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene ii. 34 A wayward and notable pianist-composer. 1960Times 22 Sept. 16/4 Rachmaninov the pianist-composer.
1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz v. 105 Claude Lapham..began his career as a pianist, and appeared as pianist-conductor at such well-known New York theatres as Ziegfeld's. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 185 Rose to prominence as pianist leader of a band that made its bow..in 1924. 1958C. Fox in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz vii. 97 Another pianist-leader, though not quite of Hines' calibre, was Claude Hopkins.
Sense c in Dict. becomes d. Add: c. transf. A wireless operator. slang.
1955J. Thomas No Banners xxi. 207 When..the ‘pianist’ (wireless operator) arrived.., he would be able to hook up his transmitter and go into action without delay. 1977J. Tarrant Rommel Plot viii. 78 ‘Still, it wasn't a bad effort for a pianist.’ ‘Pianist?’ ‘Wireless Operator.’ |