| 单词 | one-man band |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone-man band one-man band n. a person who plays several musical instruments simultaneously; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun] > one-man band one-man band1876 1876 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 6 July 1 The one-man band, comprising drums, cymbals, violin, and a squeaking pipe which performed in our Streets on Monday had one thing to reccommend [sic] it. You can kill the drummer and thus obliterate the whole band. 1916 N.Y. Tribune 28 Nov. 9/1 To H. Canby's for supper, where were D. Smith the musick-composer, who told us tayles of the days when..he was known as Dave Smith, the One-Man Band. 1958 Listener 23 Oct. 663/2 The versatility..was capitally sustained. The ‘one-man band’ was never ‘off-beat’. 1974 N. Bentley Inside Information vi. 57 We're two mechanics short and the accountant's on holiday, so I'm a one-man band at the moment. 2000 E. F. Puryear Amer. Generalship viii. 274 Don't be a one-man band. Don't try to run the wing by yourself. < as lemmas |
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