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单词 connoisseur
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Definition of connoisseur in English:

connoisseur

noun ˌkɒnəˈsəː
  • An expert judge in matters of taste.

    a connoisseur of music
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plus, connoisseurs will soon be to able purchase originals for themselves.
    • The connoisseurs came up with a surprising range of taste and bouquet descriptions.
    • It will give an opportunity for the connoisseurs of food to fulfil their gastronomical desires.
    • Fireworks are integral to the social life of the Japanese, who are perhaps the world's greatest firework artists and connoisseurs.
    • It looks the same and only the connoisseur would tell the difference in taste.
    • A leading connoisseur of bottled water last night advised consumers to pick and choose between bottled and mains water.
    • Early catalogues served connoisseurs and noble visitors whilst also publicizing the taste and wealth of the owner.
    • Raw concrete is a taste acquired by few outside a tight-knit commando of architectural connoisseurs.
    • Certainly, there was a host of different dishes hot and steamy to cater to the tastes of connoisseurs.
    • Wine connoisseurs demonstrate how to savour the true taste of wine without depending on the nose.
    • For connoisseurs of intelligence fiction a few titles epitomize the essence of the craft.
    • He was a connoisseur and he felt they were connoisseurs, too.
    • Like the original structure, his piece has a beauty that lures connoisseurs.
    • Beer connoisseurs argue that the brews don't taste as good as those made with malted barley.
    • They have been created by expert designers to attract fashion connoisseurs and the textile industry at large.
    • Caribbean mango connoisseurs argue over which variety is the most luscious.
    • For beer connoisseurs it was one of the great events of the social calendar - a real ale festival at one of Scotland's finest country houses.
    • Meanwhile the project seems to have provoked some bemused commentary among art connoisseurs.
    • With just over a month to go before this year's grape harvest, vineyard owners and wine connoisseurs are hoping the good weather will continue.
    • Local connoisseurs are seldom of much help in correcting the error.
    Synonyms
    expert judge (of), authority (on), specialist (in)
    arbiter of taste, pundit, savant, one of the cognoscenti, aesthete
    gourmet, epicure, gastronome
    informal buff
    North American informal maven

Derivatives

  • connoisseurship

  • noun
    • It's the kind of connoisseurship you can feel good about: unlike some wines and good coffees, artisan cheese is decidedly anti-corporate, produced by co-ops and small dairies, often by very few people or families.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I argue that your connoisseurship or aestheticism are suspect and insist on my own highly materialist readings of things, it does not mean that our field is in disarray.
      • Renowned for his visual acumen and connoisseurship, he grew up in Paris and New York, the son of a scholar of medieval church history.
      • Experience can contribute to connoisseurship, but only if the consumer tastes with attention and an open mind.
      • Why is a curatorial project in feminist revisionism, buttressed by scholarly discussions of Victorian domesticity, gender identity and literary culture, enveloped in a thick mantle of connoisseurship?

Origin

Early 18th century: from obsolete French, from conoistre 'know'.

Rhymes

à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr
 
 

Definition of connoisseur in US English:

connoisseur

noun
  • An expert judge in matters of taste.

    a connoisseur of music
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile the project seems to have provoked some bemused commentary among art connoisseurs.
    • Raw concrete is a taste acquired by few outside a tight-knit commando of architectural connoisseurs.
    • Early catalogues served connoisseurs and noble visitors whilst also publicizing the taste and wealth of the owner.
    • Fireworks are integral to the social life of the Japanese, who are perhaps the world's greatest firework artists and connoisseurs.
    • For connoisseurs of intelligence fiction a few titles epitomize the essence of the craft.
    • Plus, connoisseurs will soon be to able purchase originals for themselves.
    • For beer connoisseurs it was one of the great events of the social calendar - a real ale festival at one of Scotland's finest country houses.
    • Certainly, there was a host of different dishes hot and steamy to cater to the tastes of connoisseurs.
    • A leading connoisseur of bottled water last night advised consumers to pick and choose between bottled and mains water.
    • With just over a month to go before this year's grape harvest, vineyard owners and wine connoisseurs are hoping the good weather will continue.
    • He was a connoisseur and he felt they were connoisseurs, too.
    • Local connoisseurs are seldom of much help in correcting the error.
    • Wine connoisseurs demonstrate how to savour the true taste of wine without depending on the nose.
    • They have been created by expert designers to attract fashion connoisseurs and the textile industry at large.
    • Beer connoisseurs argue that the brews don't taste as good as those made with malted barley.
    • The connoisseurs came up with a surprising range of taste and bouquet descriptions.
    • It looks the same and only the connoisseur would tell the difference in taste.
    • Like the original structure, his piece has a beauty that lures connoisseurs.
    • It will give an opportunity for the connoisseurs of food to fulfil their gastronomical desires.
    • Caribbean mango connoisseurs argue over which variety is the most luscious.
    Synonyms
    expert judge, expert judge of, authority, authority on, specialist, specialist in

Origin

Early 18th century: from obsolete French, from conoistre ‘know’.

 
 
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