| 释义 |
vo-do-deo-do|ˌvəʊdəʊdiːəʊˈdəʊ|
Also vo-do-de-o, vo-de-o-do, vo-do-deo-vo, etc.
A meaningless jazz refrain, used attrib. to designate a style of singing or a song characterized by speed, energy, and the repetition of such a refrain or insistent rhythm. Also fig.
[1927J. Yellen Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (song), Sings the same words to ev'ry song. Vo-do-de-o. Vo-do-do-de-o-do.] 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 209 The most irritating quality about the Vo-dodeo-vo, poop-poop-a-doop school of jazz song is its hysterical emphasis on the fact that the singer is a jazz baby going crazy about jazz rhythms. 1937N. Coward Present Indicative viii. 335 Slick American ‘Vo do deo do’ musical farces, in which the speed was fast, the action complicated, and the sentimental value negligible. 1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues viii. 120 All the hi-de-ho, vo-de-o-do, and boop-boop-a-doo howlers that later sprouted up. 1958V. Bellerby in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xvii. 214 At quick tempos some of her tricks can sound a little dated and imbued with the ‘vo-do-de-o-vo’ style of the late 'thirties. |