单词 | critic |
释义 | critic /krit"ik/, n. 1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men. 2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine. 3. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder. 4. Archaic. a. criticism. b. critique. [1575-85; < L criticus < Gk kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (n.), equiv. to krít(es) judge, umpire (krí(nein) to separate, decide + -tes agent suffix) + -ikos -IC] Syn. 2. reviewer, judge. 3. censurer, carper. |
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