enfant de coeur

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved. obsolete
    — "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.

词形变化

enfants de coeur plural enfant de cœur alternative

词源

Etymology tree
French enfant de chœurbor.
English enfant de coeur
Borrowed from French enfant de chœur.
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