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单词 commentator
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commentatorn.

/ˈkɒmənteɪtə/
Etymology: In form < Latin commentātor, agent-noun < commentāri (see commentation n.); hence = ‘inventor, author’ (Tertullian), the modern sense is associated with that of comment, commentary. So modern French commentateur.
1. A writer of historical ‘commentaries’, a chronicler. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun] > compiler of historical records
chroniclera1387
commentator?a1475
chronographer1548
annalist1569
chronicle-writer1577
chroniclist1620
annualist1653
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 19 We awe not to condempne commentatores and wryters of storyes spekenge diuersely.
2.
a. A writer of expository comments or critical notes on a literary work; the writer of a commentary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > one who comments or annotates
commentera1387
annotator1609
commentator1641
annotationist1664
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > writer of commentaries
commentera1387
commentariographer1576
commentator1641
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 3 A Commentator unto the Text, askes the question.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 230 Cornelius à Lapide, a..great Commentatour upon holy Scripture.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 710 What is said of some Commentators, the places on which they treat were plain till they expounded them.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 109 The tomb of Accursi, a commentator on the law.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 267 To find in the author of ‘Faust’ his own best commentator.
attributive.1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iv. i. 189 In our Commentator-Capacity.1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 426 Commentator-learning heaped upon the ‘Divine Comedy’.
b. One who gives a commentary (commentary n. 3c).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > one who comments
mentioner1607
observator1646
observer1724
commentator1928
1928 B.B.C. Handbk. 141/1 In addition to expert knowledge, the sporting commentator must also obviously have a good voice and great fluency.
1935 Punch 19 June 722/1 If Perry puts a forehand drive into the far corner, right or left, the commentator has to say so in so many words.
1968 Who's Who 1168/2 Glendenning, Raymond Carl, Sports Commentator, Journalist and Publicity Consultant.
c. One who reports or comments on current events, esp. on radio or television. Originally U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [noun] > types of
co-host1908
announcer1922
newsreader1925
race-reader1926
newscaster1930
sportscaster1930
quizzee1933
school broadcaster1937
commentator1938
racecaster1938
sportcaster1938
femcee1940
record jockey1940
disc jockey1941
narrator1941
deejay1946
colourman1947
anchorman1948
host1948
jock1952
speakerine1957
presenter1959
linkman1960
anchorwoman1961
rock jock1961
anchor1962
jockey1963
voice-over1966
anchorperson1971
outside broadcaster1971
news anchor1975
talk-master1975
satcaster1982
1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 123/2 Experienced radio commentators are free to voice every kind of opinion.
1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 6 Commentator, person who broadcasts views on current affairs. Hence news commentator.
1970 Observer 21 June 28/4 This election, treated as usual as a kind of endurance test for commentators on both channels is still..going on.
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