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disco

/dis-koh/US // ˈdɪs koʊ //UK // (ˈdɪskəʊ) //

迪斯科,迪斯科舞厅,士高,迪士高

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural dis·cos.

    • : discotheque.
    • : a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
    • : any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of or relating to a disco or disco music.
    • : intended for a disco or its patrons.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dis·coed, dis·co·ing.

    • : to dance disco, especially at a discotheque.

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Examples

  • Following the lead of K-Tel, a company developed by Canadian pitchman Phil Kives, Ronco sold millions of compilation recordings of classical music, disco, soul and military music in the 1970s and 1980s.

  • From tunes that provided the backdrop for kitchen discos during lockdown to podcasts that made sense of the tumultuous political climate, a playlist for the pandemic has emerged.

  • A soundtrack to a disco buried beneath shifting sand, underneath the ruins of a demolished world.

  • Then disco and then the post-punk movement and MTV and the whole John Hughes phenomenon.

  • It doesn’t regurgitate old conversations about disco or Will & Grace.

  • The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

  • Disco was dead and heavy metal was born—and so was Taylor Swift.

  • For young white men at Comiskey Park, that target was disco music.

  • How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about Disco Demolition Night acceptable?

  • Just look at the rhetoric used by angry 1970s rock fans to bash disco.

  • These were a cause of great joy, and when Disco was reached, and some coal procured, the explorers felt almost at home.

  • The men continued to grumble and deceive themselves with the idea of soon getting to Disco, "where rum and tobacco were plenty."

  • We can see the Greenland coast plainly and to-day, the 29th, we raised and passed Disco Island.

  • Rima sulco rhombeo circumscripta, disco decussatim vix manifeste striato.

  • Disco had an easy way of changing a subject when he felt that he was getting out of his depth.