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lyrist

/lahyuhr-ist for 1; lir-ist for 2/US // ˈlaɪər ɪst for 1; ˈlɪr ɪst for 2 //

作词家,作词人,词人,抒情诗人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
    • : a lyric poet.

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Examples

  • It would be difficult to find a finer lyrist among the mountains.

  • Although I turned aside and sought diligently, I could not find the shy lyrist.

  • His extant shorter poems, however, whether early or late, offer no excuse for claiming high rank for him as a lyrist.

  • And where the sonneteers pretended to a sincerity which was none of theirs, he was, like Browning, unaffectedly a dramatic lyrist.

  • Miss Ingelow may be termed an idyllic lyrist, her lyrical pieces having always much idyllic beauty.