释义 |
beck·mes·ser \ˈbekˌmesə(r)\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: German, after Sixtus Beckmesser, pedantic musical philistine in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867) by Richard Wagner died 1883 German composer : a critic or teacher of music characterized by timid and excessive reliance upon rules : pedant |