爵士樂:jazz詞彙精講
Every Starbucks' Jazz album just proved my point, really. There are no two words in English language more harmful than "good job".
——Whiplash
我告訴你,星巴克裏放的每張爵士專輯都很好的證明了我的觀點。英語裏沒有比“幹得不錯”這種話更害人的了。
——《爆裂鼓手》
一、關於jazz,你應該知道的用法有
adj.
爵士樂的 relating to jazz
We're watching the live at the Montreal jazz festival.
我們在看蒙特婁爵士音樂節現場實況。
n.
1.爵士樂,爵士舞 [U] a type of music with strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing), originally created by African American musicians
Does his mother like jazz?
她母親喜歡爵士樂嗎?
2.喧鬧 [U] loud sounds
All the jazz disappeared.
所有的喧鬧都消失了。
3.陳腔濫調,廢話,空話,胡扯 [U] word thats mean nothing
Don't give me that jazz.
別跟我胡扯。
4.(Jazz)爵士(《變形金剛》中的汽車人,變形為保時捷935 TURBO方程式賽車。)
v.
1.奏爵士樂,跳爵士舞 [I,T] to play in the manner of jazz
Can you jazz up classical tunes?
你能把古典樂曲奏成爵士音樂嗎?
2.使活潑 [T] to make sth more interesting, exciting or attractive
I jazzed the article up with some articulation and fancy words.
我用一些有力度的説法和獨特的詞彙把文章激活起來。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有jazz的常見短語
cool jazz
冷漠派爵士樂
jazz around
v. 遊蕩
jazz up
使巨有爵士樂情調;使活躍,使愉快,刺激
jazz band
n. 爵士樂隊
三、學會jazz的用法了嗎?來做個填詞遊戲吧
Jack is great on cycling and ____.
傑克熱衷於騎自行車和聽爵士音樂。