喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌentərˈteɪnər/ · /ˌentəˈteɪnə/藝人；表演者

    someone whose job is to make people enjoy themselves, for example by singing, telling jokes, dancing, or doing tricks in front of an audience.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo's aunt is an entertainer — she sings and tells jokes at children's parties.

    逐字里歐的阿姨是一位藝人——她在兒童派對上唱歌和講笑話。

    「entertainer」指的是「靠表演讓別人開心的人」——唱歌的、講笑話的、跳舞的、變魔術的都算，重點在於「這是他的工作」。可以想成這個字就像從 entertain（讓人開心）加上 -er（做這件事的人）長出來：做什麼不重要，讓台下的人開心才是關鍵。中文最接近的是「藝人」或「表演者」；如果只是朋友聚會時很會炒熱氣氛、不是職業，英文就不會用這個字。

    常見搭配

    • a street entertainer

      街頭藝人

      someone who performs outside in a public place for money

      A street entertainer was juggling five oranges near the station.

    • a children's entertainer

      兒童表演者（派對表演的人）

      someone whose job is to perform at parties for young children

      They booked a children's entertainer for Mei's birthday party.

    • work as an entertainer

      以表演為職業

      to have performing as your job

      He worked as an entertainer on a cruise ship for two years.

    • a popular entertainer

      很受歡迎的藝人

      a performer that many people like

      She became one of the most popular entertainers on television.

    • hire an entertainer

      請表演者來表演

      to pay someone to come and perform

      The school hired an entertainer for the end-of-year show.

    • one of the top entertainers

      頂尖藝人之一

      one of the best-known and most successful performers

      For many years he was one of the top entertainers in the country.

    意思相反

    audiencespectator

core核心畫面

Someone standing in front of other people whose whole job is to make that time enjoyable for them — by singing, joking, dancing, doing tricks, whatever works.

台前站著一個人，台下坐著一群人，而這個人的工作就是「讓這段時間變得好玩」。他可能唱歌、講笑話、跳舞、變魔術——手段不重要，重點是他面向觀眾，觀眾的享受就是他的產品。所以 entertainer 不是說某人很有趣（那是 funny），而是說「讓人開心」這件事是他的職業。婚禮上請來的魔術師、郵輪上的歌手、電視綜藝節目的主持人，都算 entertainer；一個很會逗朋友笑的同事則不算。

同家族的字

複數 entertainers

意思相反

audiencespectator

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

entertainernoun/ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/

  • 1

    A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.

  • 2

    Someone who puts on a show for the entertainment or enjoyment of others.

  • 3

    One who accommodates guests.

    • During my sickness I was constantly and tenderly cared for by Mrs. Anderson, and at short intervals I received visits from both my children, so that upon the whole, I do not regard this as the least unpleasant portion of my life. I had the fullest sympathy of my entertainer—a blessing which had been denied for me many long years.
    • I am not an entertainer by any means. I do not own coasters or wine glasses and I’d rather spend a Saturday night figuring out what to do with my sourdough starter discard than playing hostess.

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