singer
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sing·er /ˈsɪŋə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] SINGsomeone who sings 歌手，歌唱家pop/opera/folk etc singer her favourite pop singer 她最喜欢的流行歌手 a famous Italian opera singer 一位著名的意大利歌剧演唱家 the lead singer (=main singer) of Slade 施莱德乐队的主唱 Tina Turner’s backing singers (=people who sing with her) 蒂纳·特纳的伴唱歌手Examples from the Corpus
singer• In 1979, singer Nancy Wilson hired him to open her nightclub act.• I wanted to have a career as a singer.• If ever a singer were destined for dismissal as a novelty act, it would be him.• Is she the drug-addled singer who made thousands weep?• In those days we had a band with a brass section and a couple of female backing singers.• As well as the choirs, the following also appeared in the cast: Pharaoh's backing singers.• She's very pretty, and a good singer too.• Friday, January 24, the incomparable singer / songwriter Miss Lavelle White takes the stage.• Apart from a mettlesome Emilia in Gisella Pasino the smaller roles are filled with indifferent singers.• a jazz singer• Mick Jagger, the lead singer with the Rolling Stones• an opera singer• But musicians and other singers know who I am.• Jodie dreamed of being a rock singer.• Like a country-western singer, she choruses again and again that her man has done her wrong.backing singers• As well as the choirs, the following also appeared in the cast: Pharaoh's backing singers.sing·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus who someone sings
Singer
Singer, I‧saac Ba‧shev‧is /ˈaɪzək bɑːˈʃevəs/
(1904–91) a Jewish-American writer, born in Poland, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, and who is best known for his short stories and for his novel The Slave. He wrote in Yiddish and his work has been translated into many languages.
Singer, I‧saac Ba‧shev‧is /ˈaɪzək bɑːˈʃevəs/
(1904–91) a Jewish-American writer, born in Poland, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, and who is best known for his short stories and for his novel The Slave. He wrote in Yiddish and his work has been translated into many languages.
singer
sing‧er S3 /ˈsɪŋə $ -ər/ noun [countable]someone who sings
pop/opera/folk etc singer
her favourite pop singer
a famous Italian opera singer
the lead singer (=main singer) of Slade
Tina Turner’s backing singers (=people who sing with her)
sing‧er S3 /ˈsɪŋə $ -ər/
noun [countable]someone who singspop/opera/folk etc singer