| 释义 |
‖ guaracha|gwaˈratʃa|
Also erron. guaracia.
[Sp. (Velasquez Sp. Dict. 1878).]
‘A lively Spanish dance in 3/8 or 3/4 time, usually accompanied on the guitar by the dancer himself’ (Stainer & Barrett 1876). Also, the music to which it is danced.
1828Moore Say, what shall we dance? i. 8 Shall we..To the light Bolero's measures move? Or choose the Guaracia's languishing lay? 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) iii. 26 Of the native Cuban dances, the Habanera, Guajira, Punto, and Guaracha contain strong Spanish elements. 1958E. Borneman in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xxi. 270 The music of the Machito band..boiled down to two types: (1) Afros, rumbas, guarachas, congas, sones and boleros, with jazz trumpets, jazz tenor and alto-saxophones improvising against the Cuban rhythms; (2) jazz numbers of the sort..written for Chick Webb. 1962J. Stewart tr. Cousseau's Death Miss Cunningham i. 58 To the raucous sound of a guaracha, Indian women..were dancing. |