a member of a choir, especially a child or young person singing the treble part in a church choir 唱诗班歌手(尤指教堂唱诗班中演唱高音部的孩童或青年)
(US)a person who leads the singing of a church choir or congregation (美)唱诗班领唱;教堂会众领唱
语源
late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French cueriste, from quer (see choir). The change in the first syllable in the 16th cent. was due to association with obsolete chorist 'member of a choir or chorus', but the older form quirister long survived