fiddler
fiddler — 名詞
- fiddlersingular
- fiddlersplural
1. a violin player, typically one whose music is folk, country, bluegrass, or tradi
提琴手
演奏民俗或鄉村音樂的小提琴手
a violin player, typically one whose music is folk, country, bluegrass, or traditional Irish or Scottish dance music rather than the classical orchestral repertoire.
An old fiddler played reels and jigs at the wedding in the village hall.
一位年長的提琴手在村莊禮堂的婚禮上拉著愛爾蘭瑞爾舞曲和吉格舞曲。
typical setting: fiddler at a folk/dance event
Soren's grandfather, a well-known fiddler in the hills, taught him country tunes.
Soren 的祖父是當地山區頗有名氣的提琴手，他教了 Soren 許多鄉村曲調。
common collocation: fiddler in [region/community]
Three fiddlers stood by the campfire and traded fast tunes well past midnight.
三位提琴手站在營火旁，輪流拉著快節奏的曲子，一直拉到午夜過後。
The dance teacher hired a local fiddler so the children could step to live music.
舞蹈老師請了一位當地的提琴手，好讓孩子們能跟著現場音樂踏步。
Mei Lin trained as a classical violinist, then became one of Boston's top Irish fiddlers.
Mei Lin 受過古典小提琴的訓練，後來成了波士頓頂尖的愛爾蘭提琴手之一。
- violinist
the neutral / classical term for the same instrument
- fiddle player
fully interchangeable, slightly more descriptive
文法句型
a fiddler at/in [event/place]
用法筆記
Often signals a folk, country, bluegrass, or traditional Irish/Scottish context; a classical orchestra player is normally called a 'violinist', not a 'fiddler', even though the instrument is the same.