| 释义 |
▪ I. singer1|ˈsɪŋə(r)|
Also 4 syngere, 5–6 synger; 5 synggare, 6 syngar, singar(e.
[f. sing v.1 + -er1. Cf. Fris. sjonger, MDu. singer, MHG. singære, G. singer.]
1. a. One who sings; a trained vocalist; also spec. in eccl. use (quot. 1843).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4024 After Sysilly com Glegabret, A syngere of þe beste get. c1386Chaucer Pard. T. 17 And right anon thanne comen Tombesteres,..Syngeres with harpes. c1440Promp. Parv. 456/1 Synggare, cantor. 1486Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905) 5 Namely, that he..help the Syngers after his cunnyng in the honour of our blessed lady. 1538Starkey England ii. i. 154 Marchauntys therof [pleasures] and craftys men, syngarys and playarys apon instrumentys. 1598Shakes. Merry W. i. iii. 29 His filching was like an vnskilfull Singer, he kept not time. a1652Brome City Wit iii. ii, He has been..one of the sweet singers to the city Funerals. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) IV. 393 The vocal musicians, or singers,..perform even in private houses for money. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. III. 216 Three thousand singers, with the masters of the respective chorusses. 1828Scott F.M. Perth x, My judgment is not deep, my lord; but the singer may dispense with my approbation. 1843Hammond Def. Faith Œcumen. Councils 183 If a Sub⁓deacon, Reader, or Singer commits the same things. 1880‘Vernon Lee’ Italy iii. ii. 113 Farinelli..was proud of being a singer and afraid of being a political agent.
b. Of song-birds. (More frequently songster.)
1626Bacon Sylva §239 We see also, that Cock-birds, among Singing-birds, are ever the better singers. 1849Craig s.v., The canary is a fine singer. 1896tr. Boas' Text-bk. Zool. 462 Singers (Sylviadæ)... Some of them noted singers.
c. An informer. Cf. sing v.1 4 d. Criminals' slang.
1935Amer. Speech X. 20/2 Singer, a stool pigeon or trusty who carries tales to the administration. (Obs.) 1961John o' London's 30 Nov. 610/3 An informer, then a squealer, is now more often referred to..as a singer.
2. A composer of poetry or verse; a poet.
1560Bible (Geneva) 2 Sam. xxiii. 1 Dauid.., the swete singer of Israel. 1652(title), Herbert's Remains, or, sundry Pieces of that sweet Singer of the Temple. a1704T. Brown Presbyt. Proposals Wks. 1711 IV. 126 Quakers, Muggletonians and Sweet-Singers of Israel. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §7. 423 Amidst the throng in Elizabeth's antechamber the noblest form is that of the singer who lays the ‘Faerie Queen’ at her feet. 1880Lanier Sci. Eng. Verse Pref., Wyatt, Surrey, Sackville, and a host of less known or unknown singers.
attrib.c1843Carlyle Hist. Sk. (1898) 74 A sterling man, a true Singer-heart. 1906Month July 90 Some prayer that has come through the centuries from a singer-saint.
3. Special Combinations with singer's: singer's node, nodule Path., a small pale swelling on a vocal cord; singer's seat U.S., a choir-seat or bench (cf. singing-seat s.v. singing vbl. n. 4 b).
1953C. Wakely Faber Med. Dict. 389/2 Singers' nodes, or nodules... Syn. chorditis tuberosa. 1961R. D. Baker Essent. Path. xv. 360 Overuse of the voice can cause traumatic laryngitis and ‘singer's nodes’, and a biopsy will demonstrate minute hematomas in various stages of scarring. 1967Punch 29 Mar. 458 Singer's Nodule, the name for a minute warty excrescence on overworked vocal apparatus. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxii. 22/2 Vocal nodules. These are called singer's nodes because they are seen in singers, particularly sopranos and tenors, but they also occur in others who use their voices excessively, with faulty voice production.
1777Singer's seat [see chorister 1 a]. 1861Mrs. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) ix. 84 Aunt Ruey..had in her youth been one of the foremost leaders in the ‘singers' seats’.
▪ II. singer2|ˈsɪndʒə(r)|
[f. singe v. + -er1.]
One who or that which singes.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2187/1 Singer, an apparatus through which cotton or woolen goods are passed to relieve them of their fluff, preparing them for the dyer. 1891in Cent. Dict. |