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rhythm-and-blues

/rith-uhm-uhn-blooz/US // ˈrɪð əm ənˈbluz //

节奏和布鲁斯,节奏与布鲁斯,节奏布鲁斯,节奏和布鲁斯音乐

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a folk-based but urbanized form of Black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Sometimes a column has the economy and rhythm of a short story.

  • Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • The significance of time is determined by the movement of any selection, or, in other words, the rhythm.

  • The reason we associate rhythm with the significance of time is that rhythm is a measurer of time.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

  • The rhythm of a simple tune plays favourably on a child's ear, enhancing life according to this great law.