Poet Laureate

基本解釋

When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me.
第一次讀到英國(guó)桂冠詩(shī)人梅斯菲爾德的這行詩(shī)時(shí)，我感到十分震驚。
One girl finally ventures, pronouncing the former poet laureate’s name as if he were a discount supermarket chain. “Yes, ” Payling says.
終于有一個(gè)女生大膽地發(fā)言，但念出前桂冠詩(shī)人的名字時(shí)彷佛他是連鎖便民超市。
Yet it was inescapable that he should be lauded as Palestine’s poet laureate, and not merely because his words were made into popular songs and splashed as headlines to sell newspapers.
然而，無(wú)可回避，他理應(yīng)被譽(yù)為巴勒斯坦的桂冠詩(shī)人，這不僅僅是因?yàn)樗脑?huà)被編作流行歌謠并被刊作報(bào)紙頭條以刺激報(bào)紙銷(xiāo)售。

The United States Library of Congress appoints an official poet, called the Poet Laureate, every one to two years.
For example, in April of nineteen ninety-eight, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky launched the Favorite Poem Project.
He served as Poet Laureate from two thousand four to two thousand six.

Ryan, the current U.S. Poet Laureate, writes frequently for The New Yorker and The Atlantic.
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The poet laureate is the official poet of a country or a state who is usually appointed for a fixed period.