soul music


soul music

n. A style of popular music developed by African Americans, combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues.

soul′ mu`sic


n. music deriving from the secularization of black American gospel music combined with rhythm and blues and marked by earthy expressiveness. [1960–65, Amer.]
Translations
灵魂音乐

soul

(səul) noun1. the spirit; the non-physical part of a person, which is often thought to continue in existence after he or she dies. People often discuss whether animals and plants have souls. 靈魂 灵魂2. a person. She's a wonderful old soul.3. (of an enterprise etc) the organizer or leader. He is the soul of the whole movement. (企業等)領導人 (企业等)领导人 4. soul music. 靈魂樂 灵乐ˈsoulful adjective full of (usually sad, wistful etc) feeling. a soulful expression. 深情的 深情的ˈsoulfully adverb 深情地 深情地ˈsoulless adjective1. (of a person) without fine feeling or nobleness. 無情的,卑鄙的 无情的,卑鄙的 2. (of life, a task etc) dull or very unimportant. 無精打采的,無足輕重的 无精打采的,无足轻重的 ˈsoul-destroying adjective (of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc. 令人厭煩的 令人厌烦的soul music (also soul) a type of music, descended from American Negro gospel songs, which has great emotion. 靈魂樂 灵魂音乐