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backbeat

/bak-beet/US // ˈbækˌbit //UK // (ˈbækˌbiːt) //

背声,背板,背影,背板声

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Popular Music.

    • : a secondary or supplementary beat, as by a jazz drummer.

Examples

  • Because time marches to its own backbeat, many riot grrrls are now riot moms, raising new generations of kids who have to invent their own rebellion.

  • When he opened his mouth, out came that familiar soft-spoken voice with the slightly jazzy cadence—dry ice with a backbeat.

  • Backbeat follows the early days of the Beatles in Germany and focuses on Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon.