英语词汇“song duel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

song duel n. a singing contest or competition; spec. (esp. among indigenous Indian and Inuit peoples of North America) one in which the participants settle a dispute by exchanging improvised insults and ridicule before their community, the reaction of the audience determining the winner.

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1889 Folk-lore Jrnl. 7 154 The song-duel between the defeated Joukaheinen and the storm-begotten Wäinnämöinen in the third rune of the Kalevala.

1911 F. B. Gummere Democracy & Poetry iv. 201 The song-duels, such as appeared in classical Amabœan verse but can be still heard in their rude estate among the modern Eskimos.

1963 Jrnl. & Guide (Norfolk, Va.) 17 Aug. (Nat. ed.) 14/4 The club's entertainers..staged a counter-protest—coming outside the club and engaging the church group in a song duel.

1970 J. L. Briggs Never in Anger 342 Such ridicule often took the form of ‘song duels’ in which the object was to outdo one's opponent in mocking verse while the community applauded.

2005 Gen. Music Today (Electronic ed.) Winter Such performances featured song duels between calypsonians that could lead to confrontations.

2013 D. P. Fry War, Peace, & Human Nature i. 14 The context and rules of song duels allow potentially dangerous conflicts to be dealt with in a playful way.

单词	song duel
释义	> as lemmas song duel song duel n. a singing contest or competition; spec. (esp. among indigenous Indian and Inuit peoples of North America) one in which the participants settle a dispute by exchanging improvised insults and ridicule before their community, the reaction of the audience determining the winner. ΚΠ 1889 Folk-lore Jrnl. 7 154 The song-duel between the defeated Joukaheinen and the storm-begotten Wäinnämöinen in the third rune of the Kalevala. 1911 F. B. Gummere Democracy & Poetry iv. 201 The song-duels, such as appeared in classical Amabœan verse but can be still heard in their rude estate among the modern Eskimos. 1963 Jrnl. & Guide (Norfolk, Va.) 17 Aug. (Nat. ed.) 14/4 The club's entertainers..staged a counter-protest—coming outside the club and engaging the church group in a song duel. 1970 J. L. Briggs Never in Anger 342 Such ridicule often took the form of ‘song duels’ in which the object was to outdo one's opponent in mocking verse while the community applauded. 2005 Gen. Music Today (Electronic ed.) Winter Such performances featured song duels between calypsonians that could lead to confrontations. 2013 D. P. Fry War, Peace, & Human Nature i. 14 The context and rules of song duels allow potentially dangerous conflicts to be dealt with in a playful way. extracted from songn.¹ < as lemmas
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