单词 | afro-latin |
释义 | Afro-Latinadj. 1. Of, belonging, or relating to both Africa and the Latin world; of mixed African and Latin culture or origin.Originally with reference to the ancient Roman province of Africa; now usually designating mixed African and Latin peoples, cultures, etc., in the New World: cf. Afro-Latin-American adj. ΚΠ 1906 G. R. S. Mead Thrice-greatest Hermes III. 305 The date of this Afro-Latin writer [sc. Fulgentius the Mytographer] cannot be later than the sixth century. 1908 A. Carroll Catholic Hist. Alabama & Floridas I. 340 Before the war, the Afro-Latin Creoles were highly respectable freemen,..keeping aloof from the negro population. 1915 J. J. Jepson Latinity of Vulgate Psalter 10 [The word] may spring from the influence of the Hebrew word it translates, or the tendency..in the Afro-Latin world..to revert to archaic forms. 1995 P. Manuel in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents v. 98 The innumerable Cuban and Puerto Rican popular songs celebrating Afro-Latin identity. 2005 M. York in B. R. Taylor & J. Kaplan Encycl. Relig. & Nature (Electronic text) at Polytheism Polytheism..has..appeared..in the various Afro-Latin diasporas. 2. Music. Of, relating to, or designating a style of popular music incorporating elements of Latin American and African music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adjective] > types of Chicagoan1861 bad1897 hot1918 red-hot1918 soft1921 low-down1922 sweet1924 barrel-house1926 New Orleans1926 straight1926 crazy1927 dirty1927 hotcha1930 jungle1935 solid1935 traditional jazz1935 powerhouse1937 gutty1939 riffy1939 jivey1944 Kansas City1946 cool1948 West Coast1949 far-out1954 nutty1955 swinging1955 mainstream1957 Afro-Latin1958 1958 P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xxi. 264 Long before it had dawned on anyone in England that jazz and Afro-Latin music were two variants of the same species, the Americans had begun to strengthen the species by cross-breeding. 1985 Black Enterprise May 68/1 The consistent Afro-Latin beat that all of Puerto Rico merengues to. A beat at once jazzy and classical. 1990 Jazz FM No. 1. 4/2 (insert) Both tunes have accents falling ‘between the beats’, just like the clave of Afro-Latin music. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 14 Dec. 137/1 A riptide of house, dub, hip-hop, funk and Afro-Latin grooves drag a crowd up into Sin Sin's upstairs Leopard Lounge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1906 |
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