喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈpoʊət/ · /ˈpəʊɪt/詩人

    A person who poems — short pieces of writing that use rhythm and carefully chosen words to share feelings or ideas.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ren wrote a short poem about autumn leaves, and now everyone calls him the class poet.

    逐字任寫了一首關於秋葉的短詩，現在大家都叫他班上的詩人。

    「poet」專門指「寫詩的人」，跟 writer（泛指寫東西的人）、novelist（寫小說的人）不一樣——poet 寫的是 poem（詩），字少但每個字都精挑細選。可以想成：poet 是把很多感覺，壓進很短一段文字裡的人。

    常見搭配

    • a famous poet

      有名的詩人

      a poet whose work many people know

      The tour guide showed us the house where a famous poet once lived.

    • a great poet

      偉大的詩人

      a poet whose work is thought to be very good

      Many people think she was one of the great poets of her time.

    • a young poet

      年輕的詩人

      a poet who is still young or just starting out

      The prize helps a young poet publish a first book.

    • poet laureate

      桂冠詩人（官方詩人）

      an official national poet chosen to write for special events

      She was named poet laureate and wrote a poem for the ceremony.

    意思相近

    writerbardversifierwordsmith

core核心畫面

Behind 'poet' sits a surprisingly plain idea: a maker. The Greek word meant simply 'one who makes'. You can hold the picture of a craftsperson — but instead of wood or clay, the poet shapes words, rhythm and sound into something that carries feeling.

「poet」背後其實是一個很樸素的想法：一個「製作者、工匠」。希臘原文就是「做東西的人」。可以想成一位工匠，只是他手上的材料不是木頭或黏土，而是文字、節奏和聲音——把這些揉成能傳遞情感的作品。

From the word’s history

From Greek poietes 'maker', from poiein 'to make, create, compose'. In 16-17c English a poet was even called, plainly, a 'maker'.

來自希臘文 poiētēs（製作者），源自 poiein（做、創造、編作）。十六、十七世紀的英文甚至直接用 maker（製作者）來稱呼詩人。

etymonline.com/word/poet

同家族的字

複數 poets

意思相近

writerbardversifierwordsmith

原始詞典資料2 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。

poetnoun/ˈpəʊ.ɪt/

  • 1

    A person who writes poems.

  • 2

    A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。