jazz

• n. 爵士乐，爵士舞；喧闹
• vi. 奏爵士乐，跳爵士舞；游荡
• vt. 奏爵士乐；使活泼
• adj. 爵士乐的；喧吵的
• n. (Jazz)人名；(德)雅茨

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中文词源

一种发源于美国路易斯安那克里奥尔区的流行音乐或舞蹈，词源不确定，可能来自非洲某语言jasm,精力，活动，衍生俚语词jism,种子，精液，后衍生俚语词jazz,性交。后黑人音乐家用于命名他们创作的一种音乐形式，即爵士。但始料未及的是，该音乐形式在创作出来后，迅速流行于全世界，并赋予了多种褒义词义。因此，也有人评论说：“If the truth were known about the origin of the word”Jazz”,it would never be mentioned in polite society.”比较funk.

英文词源

jazz

jazz: [20] Words of unknown origin always attract speculation, and it is hardly surprising that such an unusual and high-profile one as jazz (first recorded in 1913) should have had more than its fair share (one of the more ingenious and colourful theories is that it comes from the nickname of one Jasbo Brown, an itinerant black musician along the Mississippi – Jasbo perhaps being an alteration of Jasper).

Given that the word emerged in Black English (probably originally in the sense ‘copulation’), it is not surprising that attempts have been made to link it with some West African language, and picture it crossing the Atlantic with the slave ships, but there is no convincing evidence for that (the scenario seems to have got started with a 1917 article in the New York Sun, which was purely the invention of a press agent).

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.

双语例句

1. Page is well versed in many styles of jazz.

佩奇精通多种风格的爵士乐。

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2. He's one of the most dynamically imaginative jazz pianists still functioning.

他是当下仍旧活跃的最有闯劲、最具想象力的爵士乐钢琴师之一。

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3. Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as "what I play for a living".

路易斯·阿姆斯特朗把爵士乐简明扼要地定义为“我一门糊口的手艺”。

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4. Stephen and I are going to jazz up the love songs.

斯蒂芬和我打算给那些爱情歌曲注入流行元素。

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5. Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ran a jazz workshop for young artists.

小号手马库斯·贝尔格雷夫为年轻艺术家办了一个爵士乐研习班。

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