majorette
英 [,meɪdʒə'ret]
美[,medʒə'rɛt]
- n. 鼓手队长；军乐队队长或指挥
词态变化
复数: majorettes;
中文词源
majorette 乐队女队长，女指挥
缩写自drum-majorette,女指挥，女鼓手，drum,鼓，major,主负责人，-ette,表阴性。
英文词源
- majorette (n.)
- "baton-twirler," 1941, short for drum-majorette (1938), fem. of drum-major (1590s).
The perfect majorette is a pert, shapely, smiling extrovert, who loves big, noisy crowds and knows how to make those crowds love her. ["Life" magazine, Oct. 10, 1938]
(The article notes that the activity "has been going on for about six years now").
双语例句
- 1. The drum majorette twirled her baton.
- 鼓乐队女队长快速地转动她的指挥棒.
来自辞典例句