单词 | performer |
释义 | performern. 1. a. A person who executes or fulfils a promise, undertaking, etc.; a person who or thing which carries out an action, function, piece of work, etc.; an agent, doer, or worker. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > one who acts or does wright971 doer1382 workerc1384 actorc1425 performerc1443 factor1461 committer1509 accomplisher1538 setter1548 enurer1556 performancer1621 commissioner1651 facienta1670 performant1809 enactor1837 transactor1863 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 173 (MED) He wole performe his freendis desijr as fer as it is..not aȝens þe good state of þe performer neiþer of þe desirer. 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence 169 O my Parmeno the beginner, the enterpriser, performer and accomplisher of all my pleasures. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) ii. sig. E3v A fit performer of our enterprise. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 62 The merit of seruice is sildome attributed to the true and exact performer . View more context for this quotation 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives iii. 34 Take that—thou impudent Performer of my Tyrant's Will. 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. vi. xxiv. 302 The same Fact is either extreamly rais'd or depress'd by the Figure or Obscurity of the Performer. 1798 C. B. Brown Wieland xv. 170 This man of tremendous and inscrutable attributes, this performer of horrid deeds. 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxxiii. 19 The Keeper of covenant, the Performer of promise. 1937 Language 13 119 (note) The fusion in form of the categories of qualifier or possessor of an object and performer of an action. b. A person who or thing which carries out an appointed activity in a specified way; (Finance) an investment which yields a high (low, etc.) return; a profitable investment. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > horse that performs in specific way performer1884 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of redeemables1720 government bond1737 corporate bond1810 trustee security1859 international1863 foreigners1883 most active list1885 gilt-edge1900 actual1908 heavies1922 toxic waste1922 gilt-edged1930 prior charge1930 short1932 gilt1936 performer1939 tap1948 energy security1960 fallen angel1963 medium1968 physicals1974 underperformer1975 taplet1982 1884 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 16 Feb. 563/2 What a pity it is that such a good-looking horse..should be such an uncertain performer! 1899 19th Cent. Jan. 120 A moderate performer with the rod [i.e. fishing rod]. 1939 Financial World 11 Jan. 5/3 Store shares have not been spectacular performers. 1989 Bond Buyer 10 Apr. 3 Financial company bonds were the top performers in the investment grade market. 1990 Which? Aug. 463/3 (caption) If you're simply after a cheap, basic machine, the Answercall TAM90..and the Teli Ansa TAM 1..were the best performers. 2002 Med. Econ. (Nexis) 21 June 36 The Matthews Korea Fund, an impressive performer, is broader and more diversified than its rivals. 2. a. A person who acts, plays music, sings, dances, or practises any other performing art (alone or as part of a group) in front of an audience; a person who takes part in a public entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] performer1614 artist1714 exhibitionist1821 operatist1864 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] musiciana1398 musickerc1450 music man1569 tuner1579 harmonian1603 minstrel1718 musico1724 harmonist1742 performer1776 executanta1859 musicist1873 melodizer1890 tunester1903 muso1967 muso1977 1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke sig. A 3v The different character which herein I giue the Time of these Compositions, may perhaps seeme strange to the Performer. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 141. ⁋2 In Theatrical Speaking, if the Performer is not exactly proper and graceful, he is utterly ridiculous. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 280 Marsyas, the best performer on the flute of his time. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 270 None of the performers could walk in their tights, or move their arms in their jackets. 1892 Harper's Mag. Apr. 768/1 They..belonged to the ‘circuit’ of ferias just as the caterers did, and the gamblers and the circus performers. 1915 Musical Q. 1 83 We must put up with ensemble when we want to talk of that part of music, which is produced by the co-operation of several performers. 1982 H. Rosenthal My Mad World of Opera vi. 59 It was not just the enthusiasm of the moment that led all the critics to write so enthusiastically about..the performers. 2001 Slavic Rev. 60 792 It is reminiscent of a story the American performer Theodore Bikel told at one of his concerts. b. slang (chiefly Nautical). A habitually insubordinate or disruptive person; a troublemaker. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble disturberc1290 troublera1382 distroublerc1440 disturblerc1440 shakebucklera1538 hellcat1603 trouble-feast1603 trouble-rest1605 trouble-house1608 trouble-cupa1610 trouble-state1609 seek-trouble1611 trouble-town1619 trouble-world1663 hellion1845 rowdy1859 bad actor1879 ratbag1890 disturbant1894 trouble-maker1923 performer1937 messer1942 shit-stirrer1961 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 619/1 Performer,..one who is apt to make a great fuss or noise. 1946 Seafarers' Log 6 Dec. 10/5 You get a performer aboard a ship who makes it bad not only for himself but for the crew and the Union. 1958 E. S. Land Winning War with Ships xiv. 193 Reported incidents of drunkenness, insubordination and trouble making by individuals whom the unions called ‘performers’. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes causec1374 authora1382 workerc1384 causerc1386 begetterc1390 causac1420 workera1425 upraiserc1440 inspirerc1450 procurer1451 occasioner?c1452 procurator1486 purchaser1548 authorera1556 wielder1570 agent1571 effector1586 effecter1591 authoress1592 effectress1601 effectrix1611 performer1616 inducera1631 causeress1631 causatrix1649 father-in-law1650 pregnatress1651 matter1686 energizer1804 establisher1812 bringer1866 1616 F. Anthonie (title) The Apologie or Defence of a verity..called Avrvm Potabile..especially auaileable for the..comforting of the Heart and vitall Spirits the performers of health. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1443 |
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