choirboy
/kwahyuhr-boi/US // ˈkwaɪərˌbɔɪ //UK // (ˈkwaɪəˌbɔɪ) //
唱诗班男孩,唱诗班成员,唱诗班,唱诗班长
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a boy who sings in a choir, especially a church choir.
- : Slang. a person who is notably honest, moral, or innocent.
Examples
Bish looked at him like a bishop who has just been contradicted on a point of doctrine by a choirboy.
He received his first musical education as choirboy in the Prague Cathedral.
The rector, assisted by one discreet choirboy, said the mortuary mass.
He strongly reprimands a choirboy whose wrong notes grate on his delicate ear.
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