| 释义 |
tunester Chiefly U.S.|ˈtjuːnstə(r)|
[f. tune n. + -ster.]
A song-writer or singer; a musician, composer.
1903R. Hughes Love Affairs of Great Musicians I. xii. 126 (heading) A few tunesters of France and Italy—Peri, Monteverdi, et al. 1935Amer. Speech X. 154/2 Singers are now tunesters to advertisement writers for vaudeville and other entertainments. 1936N.Y. World-Telegram 22 Aug. 14/4 At that studio, too, are Mack Gordon and Harry Revell, best known of all movie tunesters. 1983Washington Post 9 May b11/1 Luigi Proietti as a tour guide is pretty lively and alert, like a merry tunester at a funeral. |