| 单词 | troubadour |
| 释义 | troubadour (once / 3947 pages) n When we think of a troubadour what usually comes to mind is a lovestruck fellow serenading his sweetheart and hoping she'll appear on her balcony. The word troubadour comes from Provence in southern France, where trobar (related to modern French trouver) means "find, invent, compose in verse." The art of serenading one's love comes from the French tradition of courtly love that began in the Middle Ages. Things have changed, though, since the days of the wandering minstrel or jongleur. Our wooing is more private, our entertainment more public, and our terminology has become more practical: We now call our troubadours "singer-songwriters" or "recording artists." WORD FAMILYtroubadour: troubadours USAGE EXAMPLESThornton describes Two Troubadours shows as being like two solo shows rolled into one. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) “You read all the poets of the English language in chronological order, you learn Chinese, you learn enough Provençal to read the troubadours,” Weinberger paraphrased. The New Yorker(Dec 14, 2016) His troubadour look was, he discovered, “a wonderful way to attract girls.” New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) n a singer of folk songs Syn|Exp|Hyper folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer Woodrow Wilson Guthrie United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) Peter SeegerUnited States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919) singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer a person who sings |
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