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minstrel

美音:[´mınstrəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.吟游诗人(或歌手)

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minstrel


/'mɪnstrəl; `mɪnstrəl/
n
1 (in the Middle Ages) travelling composer, player and singer of songs and ballads (中世纪的)游方诗歌演唱者.
2 (usu pl通常作复数) one of a company of public entertainers with blackened faces, etc performing supposedly Negro songs and music (由白人扮演黑人的)音乐歌唱团演员
*[attrib 作定语] a minstrel show 由白人扮演黑人的音乐演唱会.

minstrel


n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: menestrel 'servant, minstrel', from Latin minister; MINISTER1]
a singer or musician in the Middle Ages
one of a group of white singers and dancers who pretended to be black while performing in popular shows in the 1920s
1. Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.
    阿尔弗雷德大帝曾亲自充当间谍。他扮作吟游歌手到丹麦军队的营地里侦察。

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