喜樂美語
  1. 1n/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.

    「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。

    示範例句 · Example

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

    中文翻譯里歐的阿姨是一位藝人——她在兒童派對上唱歌和講笑話。

    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

From the word’s history

From entertain + -er.

entertain「娛樂」加上 -er。

Wiktionary

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

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.

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。