請從以下選項挑出與下句斜體字意思相近的詞語:
My father was a gifted raconteur with unlimited supply of anecdotes
A. story-teller B. spokesman C.speech maker D. playwright E. novelist
參考答案:A. story-teller
解析:Raconteur的意思是「擅長講故事的人」。在《柯林斯英語詞典》裡,raconteur的英文解釋是:A raconteur is someone, usually a man, who can tell stories in an interesting or amusing way.例句:He spoke eight languages and was a noted raconteur./他能說8種語言,是個出了名的講故事高手。在這一句裡,按當下流行的表達方式,這個人似乎是一個「段子手」,能說出很多「梗」(anecdote)。註:翻吧君之前手滑,將raconteur拼寫成reconture,造成了大家很大的疑惑,在此抱歉!