majorette

• n. 鼓手队长；军乐队队长或指挥

缩写自drum-majorette,女指挥，女鼓手，drum,鼓，major,主负责人，-ette,表阴性。

majorette (n.)

"baton-twirler," 1941, short for drum-majorette (1938), fem. of drum-major (1590s).

The perfect majorette is a pert, shapely, smiling extrovert, who loves big, noisy crowds and knows how to make those crowds love her. ["Life" magazine, Oct. 10, 1938]

(The article notes that the activity "has been going on for about six years now").

1. The drum majorette twirled her baton.

鼓乐队女队长快速地转动她的指挥棒.

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