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B2someone whosejobis toentertainpeoplebysinging,tellingjokes, etc. （以唱歌、讲笑话等娱悦大众的）表演者，艺人 - Although heractingskillswerelimited, she was agreatentertainer.
- Westoppedtowatchsomestreetentertainers who wereperformingin thetownsquare.
- TheRoyalVariety Show is anopportunitytoseesome ofourfinestentertainers -comedians,singers,dancersandmagicians.
- Shebeganhercareeras an entertainer onboardcruiseships.
- Originally a DJ onlocalradio, he went on tobecomeanall-roundTV entertainer andpersonality.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEntertainers in general - acrobat
- aerialist
- balancing act
- bullfighter
- clown
- double threat
- drum majorette
- duo
- emcee
- fire-eater
- joker
- jokester
- juggler
- performer
- roadshow
- showman
- troubadour
- twirler
- ventriloquist
- warm(someone/something)up
See more results » - The Roma have always been popular entertainers.
- Harry was a man who, in his youthful days, had been a diligent patron of the London music halls, and in consequence had become himself an amateur entertainer of very considerable ability.
- He loved to be amused, and he repaid his entertainer by being amusing.
- Once in a while, especially at a mixed lunch where perhaps talented people are persuaded to become "entertainers" the audience stays on for hours!
- One of the entertainers had finished singing and the usual shower of coins was falling on the hard floor.
- There, however, I could resign my role of entertainer in favour of the professionals on the stage.
entertainer| American Dictionarysomeone whosings,dances,tellsjokes, etc., as ajob Examplesofentertainerentertainer The actors not only double up to play different parts, but also perform different roles as entertainers, musicians, and storytellers.From theCambridge English Corpus To minimise this resistance, she chose to move cautiously, presenting herself as anentertainerperforming party tunes.From theCambridge English Corpus There were also circuses with comedians and entertainers for the children.From theCambridge English Corpus They found it more profitable to sell the phonograph as a publicentertainer.From theCambridge English Corpus Any success depended on entertaining whatever audiences were available, at juke joints, house parties and as a streetentertainer.From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps more important, those traditional entertainers did not satisfy the desires for a modern lifestyle among men of the younger urban generation.From theCambridge English Corpus Although the tricks may vary, the jaduwallah typically works in open spaces, streets, parks, fairs, and festivals, as a travellingentertainer.From theCambridge English Corpus They were entertainers first, commentators second or third.From theCambridge English Corpus If they are to be successful, entertainers must meet the needs, the dreams and the fantasies of a better life that entertainment gives us.From theCambridge English Corpus His evaluation of the pervasive cultural resonance of his subjects is legitimised by histories of contemporaneous cultural institutions and comparable popular entertainers.From theCambridge English Corpus The speech, which was delivered at one of the island's few women's shelters, was significant because calypsonians are typically seen as entertainers, not social activists.From theCambridge English Corpus I felt like one of the old music-hall entertainers.From theCambridge English Corpus As we shall see, the physicality of the performance made a lasting impression on spectators and fellow entertainers.From theCambridge English Corpus Our orchestra is made up of nice people - then we make good entertainers out of them.From theCambridge English Corpus But their talents as entertainers, social commentators, ritual facilitators, cultural reinforcers, and so on are desirable and often essential to the higher-status communities that patronize them.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |