| 释义 |
choirman, quireman|ˈkwaɪəmən|
A man who sings in a choir; a ‘singing man’.
1488Will of Stalworth (Somerset Ho.) A preest of goode name..& a goode quereman. 1502Bury Wills (1850) 95, I wyll that an honest prest and a queerman shall syng for my soule. 1570B. Googe Pop. Kingd. ii. (1880) 16 Some others..sing, whom Quier men they call. 1611Cotgr. Chorieux, Queeremen, singingmen, quirresters. 1766Entick London IV. 109 Choirmen, to sing mass daily. 1888S. H. Little in Dublin Rev. Jan. 106 No choirman..should be able to consider himself a necessity to the choir. |