| 单词 | to busk it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto busk it b. transitive and intransitive. slang. (originally Jazz) and colloquial. To improvise (esp. music); to speak or write without preparation. Also in to busk it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or extemporize extemporize1775 improvise1788 impromptu1802 fantasy1840 fake1895 ad-lib1910 busk1934 jam1935 noodle1937 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > improvise improvisoa1768 vamp1789 improvise1858 mess1926 busk1934 rhyme1939 jam1955 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 51 The drummer can still busk his part, and except for roughly glancing at the score, that is what the best drummers do today. 1968 Gramophone Oct. 578/2 One does not need to be familiar with the correct chord sequence..to realise that Powell is busking his way through. 1991 R. Ferguson Henry Miller ix. 168 His French also improved, and he was able to busk his way through conversations. 1998 Independent 16 June ii. 8/3 I did most of the writing and—busking it—even reviewed things I hadn't seen. 2003 Spin Oct. 113/2 They coolly busk about sex, love, poverty, and paranoia in a raw, Roots-y style. < as lemmas |
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