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单词 crier
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Definition of crier in English:

crier

noun ˈkrʌɪəˈkraɪ(ə)r
  • 1An officer who makes public announcements in a court of justice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A hearing at Huddersfield Magistrates Court last month heard the crier claim on forms that he had suffered an injury while working as a handyman in 1998 which left him unable to work.
    • Telemachus wakes at dawn and has criers call the citizens to assembly.
    • A call would be made by the public crier, instructing that Armenian males should present themselves at a government building.
    • The crier calls out that court will reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m.
    • The crier had ridden down the main street their inn was located on yesterday morning, bellowing Syran's message regarding the new rule.
    • Silence pressed itself over the crowd while the crier waited.
    • The crier gave no information on this prisoner, but Ari had a sinking feeling that the prisoner that Syran was searching for was her father.
    • ‘The king has gone blind, and only the blood of the Kaha bird can save him,’ the crier announced.
    • She remembered that the crier had woken them all up to hear the news.
    1. 1.1
      short for town crier
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead of getting their information from the crier, the citizens would huddle around a piece of paper to have someone read it to them.
      • His latest triumph came at Blackpool's annual town crier competition where he beat 20 other criers.
      • Tewkesbury crier Mike is using the occasion to announce his support for the regiment to keep its unique badge, which it is in danger of losing in the impending merger with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
      • The criers will be judged on volume, clarity, diction, inflection and dignity.
      • The idea could see Kendal have its own crier to announce special events and advertise up-and-coming attractions as well as attending civic functions.
      • Even patients convalescing at Fairfield Sanatorium were not forgotten: street criers from the festival toured the wards distributing flowers and good cheer.
      • Mr Ferris said criers were ambassadors of goodwill for their communities.
      • The congregation included town councillors, criers and representatives of several local organisations.
      • A feature of the competition saw Peterborough City Council's environmental control department measuring criers ' voices with a decimeter.
      • Plans for the competition are going well, but more volunteers are needed to put up visiting criers in their homes for a couple of nights.
      • Eleven criers from as far afield as Stafford, Colchester, Swindon and even Hastings came to compete for the Barnoldswick Bellman trophy.
      • As well as taking part in the official contest, the criers spent both days helping guide visitors around Haworth.
      • Mr Collier, who was one of the first five criers to perform, said: ‘This was my first real big championships.’
      • You could even decide to sponsor an individual town crier if you have a connection with where the crier comes from.
      • Only the top three criers were announced at the weekend and Mr Collier now has a nervous wait for his final positioning.
      • During the weekend, there will also be the chance for budding town criers to audition on the square as the town council looks to appoint a new crier for the town.
      • Brednich discussed a 17th-century painting depicting broadsides being carried by a street crier.
      • Also in the town will be a town criers' competition, when ten criers from across the North will also be advertising local businesses, street collections and song and music.
      • The man's got some lungs alright - any town short of a crier might want to look him up.
      • The town crier added: ‘The first bids in would guarantee that I would contact them and get all the relevant information and give it to a crier.’
      Synonyms
      announcer, proclaimer, herald, town crier, messenger, bearer of tidings

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French criere, from crier 'to shout'.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah
 
 

Definition of crier in US English:

crier

nounˈkrī(ə)rˈkraɪ(ə)r
  • 1An officer who makes public announcements in a court of justice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Telemachus wakes at dawn and has criers call the citizens to assembly.
    • A call would be made by the public crier, instructing that Armenian males should present themselves at a government building.
    • ‘The king has gone blind, and only the blood of the Kaha bird can save him,’ the crier announced.
    • She remembered that the crier had woken them all up to hear the news.
    • Silence pressed itself over the crowd while the crier waited.
    • A hearing at Huddersfield Magistrates Court last month heard the crier claim on forms that he had suffered an injury while working as a handyman in 1998 which left him unable to work.
    • The crier calls out that court will reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m.
    • The crier had ridden down the main street their inn was located on yesterday morning, bellowing Syran's message regarding the new rule.
    • The crier gave no information on this prisoner, but Ari had a sinking feeling that the prisoner that Syran was searching for was her father.
    1. 1.1
      short for town crier
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead of getting their information from the crier, the citizens would huddle around a piece of paper to have someone read it to them.
      • His latest triumph came at Blackpool's annual town crier competition where he beat 20 other criers.
      • Brednich discussed a 17th-century painting depicting broadsides being carried by a street crier.
      • The criers will be judged on volume, clarity, diction, inflection and dignity.
      • As well as taking part in the official contest, the criers spent both days helping guide visitors around Haworth.
      • Plans for the competition are going well, but more volunteers are needed to put up visiting criers in their homes for a couple of nights.
      • Also in the town will be a town criers' competition, when ten criers from across the North will also be advertising local businesses, street collections and song and music.
      • During the weekend, there will also be the chance for budding town criers to audition on the square as the town council looks to appoint a new crier for the town.
      • The congregation included town councillors, criers and representatives of several local organisations.
      • Mr Collier, who was one of the first five criers to perform, said: ‘This was my first real big championships.’
      • A feature of the competition saw Peterborough City Council's environmental control department measuring criers ' voices with a decimeter.
      • Mr Ferris said criers were ambassadors of goodwill for their communities.
      • The town crier added: ‘The first bids in would guarantee that I would contact them and get all the relevant information and give it to a crier.’
      • Even patients convalescing at Fairfield Sanatorium were not forgotten: street criers from the festival toured the wards distributing flowers and good cheer.
      • Tewkesbury crier Mike is using the occasion to announce his support for the regiment to keep its unique badge, which it is in danger of losing in the impending merger with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
      • The man's got some lungs alright - any town short of a crier might want to look him up.
      • Only the top three criers were announced at the weekend and Mr Collier now has a nervous wait for his final positioning.
      • The idea could see Kendal have its own crier to announce special events and advertise up-and-coming attractions as well as attending civic functions.
      • You could even decide to sponsor an individual town crier if you have a connection with where the crier comes from.
      • Eleven criers from as far afield as Stafford, Colchester, Swindon and even Hastings came to compete for the Barnoldswick Bellman trophy.
      Synonyms
      announcer, proclaimer, herald, town crier, messenger, bearer of tidings

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French criere, from crier ‘to shout’.

 
 
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