| 单词 | jazz |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [dʒæz] |
| 解释 | n.爵士乐；喧闹 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | jazz (v.) "to speed or liven up," 1917, from jazz (n.). Related: jazzed; jazzing. jazz (n.) by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (compare Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924] All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 爵士乐 【类】portrait: painting = jazz: music肖像画是一种画 = 爵士乐是一种音乐 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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