| 单词 | crooner |
| 释义 | crooner (once / 14924 pages) n A crooner is a singer, especially a man who sings jazz standards. Frank Sinatra was a well-known crooner. The noun crooner describes a silky-voiced singer of sentimental jazz favorites, particularly a male singer. Crooners were especially popular from the late 1920s until the early 1950s. The increased use of microphones and radio broadcasting made it possible for crooners to sing softly and emotionally even when backed by a band. The rise of rock n roll helped bring the era of the crooner to an end. Crooner comes from the verb croon, "to sing softly and sadly." WORD FAMILYcrooner: crooners+/croon: crooned, crooner, crooning, croons/crooning: croonings USAGE EXAMPLESNurses, meanwhile, were rushing to glimpse her father, the crooner Eddie Fisher. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Then, throw in the suave, good looks of crooner Michael Bublé and multiply by 10. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) Instead, like an old crooner, he is reprising the hits. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) n a singer of popular ballads Syn|Exp|Hyper balladeer Harry Lillis Crosby United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) Francis Albert SinatraUnited States singer and film actor (1915-1998) singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer a person who sings |
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