| 释义 |
announcer|əˈnaʊnsə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
a. One who announces, tells news, or gives notice.
1611Cotgr., Annonceur, An announcer, declarer, proclaimer, signifier, advertiser. 1686Turkish Spy (L.) The announcer of this good news was received with cheers. 1761Smollett Gil Blas (1802) II. iv. viii. 29 The announcer is a domestic who stands in the hall on visiting days, and pronounces aloud the names of the company as they come in. 1824–8Landor Imag. Conv. (1846) I. 320 The sad announcer of your departure hence.
b. Broadcasting. The person who announces the subjects of a programme or the items of current news, etc.
1922Radio Broadcast Dec. 138 You have heard the announcer say: ‘This is XYZ, the Blankety Blank station at So-and-So.’ 1923Radio Times 28 Sept. 19 (Announcer) ‘The Stock Exchange was very lively to-day.’ 1929G. N. Clark in S.P.E. Tract XXXIII. 415 The professional announcers are not so dangerous as they seem. They belong to a class, very numerous under modern conditions, of what may be called persons of far-reaching insignificance. Ibid. 419 Coherence which is given..by the force of an individual personality... Those of us who value [this kind] of coherence regard with distaste the pure speech of the announcers. 1957Auden & Kallman Magic Flute i. p. 57 For interruption is what we expect, Since that new god, the Paid Announcer, rose. |