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troubadour

/troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door/US // ˈtru bəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər //UK // (ˈtruːbəˌdʊə) //

游吟诗人,吟游诗人,行吟诗人,游吟诗人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love.Compare trouvère.
    • : any wandering singer or minstrel.

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Examples

  • Champagne is uncorked, cigars are lit and the troubadours spill out of the house.

  • More lighthearted than Game of Thrones—there’s a singing troubadour as comic sidekick in many scenes—The Witcher got mixed reviews, but each episode gets stronger as the season progresses, and ultimately satisfies the fantasy itch.

  • This new musical reaffirms their status as troubadours of the pandemic, a distinction underlined last fall, when their “Keep Going Song” went viral on YouTube.

  • He is also the author of Mellencamp: American Troubadour (forthcoming, University Press of Kentucky).

  • Llewyn Davis is a troubadour and vagabond, one who happens to be in grief.

  • The band is now touring Britain, after playing at the Troubadour in London and releasing their second CD.

  • But he had neither the gentle troubadour's art, as the knights of Provence, nor the deeper lore of the Spaniard.

  • This ragged, beard-begrown troubadour, the graceful, elegant Caillette of Francis' court?

  • Manrico a very robust type of Troubadour—but oughtn't a Troubadour to carry about a guitar, or a lute, or something?

  • It is fortunate for you, sir, that the Duchess Joan wears her hair short, like a Northman or a bantling troubadour.

  • But he sees this Troubadour has put his poor old nose out of joint for him.