chantwell

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃæntwɛl/|/ˈtʃɑː-/    美 /ˈt͡ʃæntˌwɛl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (generally female) lead singer of traditional cariso music, or of a calypso band. Trinidad-and-Tobago
    — The weird, off-beat music known as "calypso" is played in all the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, but the place to hear it at its best is in Trinidad, where it originated. Every year the calypso singers, or "chantwells," as they are called, hold a "war" to decide the championship. The singer whose songs are judged best by popular acclaim becomes "king" for the year.

词形变化

chantwells plural chantuelle alternative

词源

Probably from French chanterelle (“female bird used by hunters as a decoy to attract other birds; treble string of a musical instrument”), from chanter (“to sing, crow”) + -erelle (variant of -elle (suffix forming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense)).
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