单词 | beat-box |
释义 | beat-boxn.adj. slang (originally U.S.). 1. a. An electronic drum machine. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > electronic > electronic effects and devices tremolo1959 trem arm1961 tremolo arm1961 fuzzbox1964 wah-wah1968 wah-wah pedal1969 voice1970 phasera1974 patch1975 sequencer1975 drum machine1976 flanger1979 pitchbend1982 beat-box1983 MIDI1983 1983 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. c24/1 In several songs, electronic drum machines or ‘beat boxes’ augment or replace the band's drummer-percussionists. 1986 Echoes 27 Sept. 14/2 Raw, basic beatbox, heavy and hard raps, and a streetwise manner were carried off in such..style that the world just fell for it. 1987 Daily Tel. 6 Aug. 10/7 The ‘human beat-box’, Sipho,..makes drum- and percussion-like noises with his lips and throat. 1990 Music Technol. Apr. 5/1 Simon Trask investigates Roland's latest beat box and a selection of sound cards. b. attributive passing into adj. Esp. of music, rhythms, etc.: of, or characterized by the use of, an electronic drum machine. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop metal?1518 anthemic1890 Afro-Latin-American1900 sun-kissed1907 heavy1937 Latin American1937 Memphis1938 sun-drenched1943 indie1945 rockish1955 hardcore1957 doo-wop1958 middle of the road1959 Latin1962 straight-ahead1964 easy listening1965 Motown1965 funky1967 post-rock1967 rocky1967 rock-out1968 funkadelic1969 funked out1970 grungy1971 punk1971 grunge1972 Philly1972 dub1973 drum and bass1975 disco funky1976 punkish1976 reggaefied1976 Britpop1977 post-punk1977 anarcho-punk1979 rap1980 trash rock1980 crunchy1981 industrial1981 New Romantic1981 rockist1981 garage1982 hip-hop1982 thrashy1982 urban1982 Gothic1983 hip-hopping1983 beat-box1984 lo-fi1986 technoid1986 hip-house1987 acid house1988 new jack1988 old school1988 techno1988 baggy1990 banging1990 gangsta1990 filthy1991 handbaggy1991 nu skool1991 sampladelic1991 junglist1993 1984 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. c5/5 The team performed them [sc. songs] in elaborate arrangements that interspersed seamless pop harmonies with the beat box rhythmic devices of contemporary dance music. 1985 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. c14/5 The sparse beat-box music and intensely engaging call-and-response served up by today's leading rap group, Run-D.M.C. 1987 Q Oct. 112/3 Westworld..are bent on marrying the Eddie Cochran book of guitar licks with beatbox rhythm patterns. 1993 Music Technol. May 90/1 [He] loves to improvise over an often programmed synth bass and beatbox groove. 2. = ghetto blaster n. at ghetto n. and adj. Compounds 2. See also boom box n. at boom n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] talking machine1844 recorder1867 phonograph1877 dictating machine1878 melograph1879 melodiographa1884 graphophone1886 photographophone1901 auxetophone1904 Dictaphone1906 telediphone1931 transcriber1931 wire recorder1934 sound truck1936 high fidelity1938 Soundscriber1946 player1948 rig1950 transcriptor1957 unit1966 sequencer1975 boom box1981 ghetto blaster1983 beat-box1985 1985 Washington Post 19 Mar. c1/1 Booming out of beat boxes on the street and bounced to in aerobics classes, the ‘Big’ beat sounds like the next equal-play anthem for American women. 1986 Chicago Tribune 16 May vii. 76/5 There are..hundreds of videos that are traveling ground that has been gone over before. If I see one more woman in a negligee dancing to a beat box, I'm gonna throw up. 1989 Correspondent Mag. 1 Oct. 34/2 If you hear a car with a beatbox booming at night, you know they're out looking for somebody. 1990 P. Lear in Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 25 She hears rock music from a beat box. 1993 W. Gibson Virtual Light 111 Sammy Sal swerved in beside her, bass pumping from his bikes's bone-conduction beatbox. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.adj.1983 |
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