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rap

/rap/US // ræp //UK // (ræp) //

说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    rapped, rap·ping.

    • : to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow: He rapped the door with his cane.
    • : to utter sharply or vigorously: to rap out a command.
    • : to communicate by raps.
    • : Slang. to criticize sharply: Critics could hardly wait to rap the play.
    • : Slang. to arrest, detain, or sentence for a crime.
    • : Metallurgy. to jar loose from a sand mold.
v.无主动词 verb
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    rapped, rap·ping.

    • : to knock smartly or lightly, especially so as to make a noise: to rap on a door.
    • : Slang. to talk or discuss, especially freely, openly, or volubly; chat.
    • : Slang. to talk rhythmically to the beat of rap music.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a quick, smart, or light blow: a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
    • : the sound produced by such a blow: They heard a loud rap at the door.
    • : Slang. blame or punishment, especially for a crime.
    • : Slang. a criminal charge: a murder rap.
    • : Slang. response, reception, or judgment: The product has been getting a very bad rap.
    • : Slang. a talk, conversation, or discussion; chat. talk designed to impress, convince, etc.; spiel: a high-pressure sales rap.
    • : rap music.

Phrases

  • rap someone's knuckles
  • beat the rap
  • bum rap
  • not give a damn (rap)
  • take the rap

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A marriage of the popular sound in rap with the romance Shakka himself wrote, this song is just in time for Valentine’s Day, and should be a proper introduction to this future king of the genre.

  • In later video trailers, the animated characters are seen singing, rapping and dancing alongside the real-life beings.

  • Salt-N-Pepa, one of the top-selling music groups of all time and the first female rap group to go Platinum, helped define a generation.

  • An architect of the West Coast rap scene, his 1992 debut solo album, “The Chronic,” is considered one of the most important and influential albums of the era.

  • In recent years, the rap community has experienced this firsthand.

  • Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”

  • “Poor Steve Scalise is getting a bad rap,” Knight, a long-time aide to former KKK leader David Duke, told The Daily Beast.

  • And there are those who still have misgivings about exactly what “Christian rap” means.

  • The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.

  • They joined forces to form the rap supergroup Run the Jewels.

  • He was in the midst of his reflections when there came a rap at his door, which the next moment was flung open.

  • "All they can rap and run for" is the more frequent colloquial version of this quaint phrase.

  • He gave to every syllable the value of a rap and certain words he terminated with an audible snap of his teeth.

  • Another rap, louder and more importunate, echoed through the large room.

  • Old Adam wanted two thousand dollars, they say, if he could only get them; but he could not, not a rap.