commèren.

/ˈkɒmɛː/

Forms: Also commere.

Etymology: See cummer n.

1. See cummer n.

2. A female compère (see compère n. 2); (in a revue) a female announcer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > compère

chairman1836

commère1904

compère1914

conferencier1927

emcee1933

1904 P. Fitzgerald Garrick Club 238 Here is Mrs Mattocks with a luscious low-comedy face..exactly suited to the friendly commères of the drama.

1914 P. G. Wodehouse Man Upstairs 233 He watched a revue... A snow-white commère and a compère in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl.

1916 A. C. Armstrong in L. Carson Stage Year Bk. 33 Those wholly invaluable revue characters, the commère and compère, who act as a form of Greek chorus, and supply the necessary connective cement.

1958 Everybody's 22 Feb. 9/3 Levis made her his commere to introduce the young hopefuls.

1958 Listener 16 Oct. 621/2 Commère was Margaret Lockwood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	commère
释义	commèren. /ˈkɒmɛː/ Forms: Also commere. Etymology: See cummer n. 1. See cummer n. 2. A female compère (see compère n. 2); (in a revue) a female announcer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > compère chairman1836 commère1904 compère1914 conferencier1927 emcee1933 1904 P. Fitzgerald Garrick Club 238 Here is Mrs Mattocks with a luscious low-comedy face..exactly suited to the friendly commères of the drama. 1914 P. G. Wodehouse Man Upstairs 233 He watched a revue... A snow-white commère and a compère in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl. 1916 A. C. Armstrong in L. Carson Stage Year Bk. 33 Those wholly invaluable revue characters, the commère and compère, who act as a form of Greek chorus, and supply the necessary connective cement. 1958 Everybody's 22 Feb. 9/3 Levis made her his commere to introduce the young hopefuls. 1958 Listener 16 Oct. 621/2 Commère was Margaret Lockwood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1904
随便看	to skin a person alive to skin alive to skin and bone to skin and bones to skin one's eyes to skin one's teeth to skin the cat to skin the lamb to skip a beat to skip bail to skip it to skip one's bail to skip the light fantastic to sky the towel to sky the wipe to skyward to slack one's hand to slack one's hands to slag down to slag off to slam on the brakes to slap a person down to slap a person silly to slap a person's face to slap a person's wrist