| 单词 | rapper |
| 释义 | rapper (once / 4054 pages) 1n 2n A rapper is a musician who drops rhymes to the beat. “Rapper’s Delight,” the first rap to hit the Top 40, starts with “…to the hip, hip hop, and you don't stop” and ends 15 minutes later. The story is that the first rappers were MCs who talked between songs to entertain the crowd while the DJs changed records, then the MCs started talking with the beat, and then boom: rap was born. It came together as a music genre in the late 70s in New York City, but “rappers” didn’t suddenly pop up — rap emerged from African American traditions that had been around. The first rapper to sign to a major label was Kurtis Blow, in 1980. WORD FAMILYrapper: rappers+/rap: rapped, rapper, rapping, raps USAGE EXAMPLESShe spoke to the BBC about her upbringing in Croydon, the rappers she looks up to, and why she read the dictionary as a child. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) That point of contention snared the Los Angeles rapper’s attention. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) A Wallingford police spokeswoman tells the Record Journal that officers responded to reports of shots fired outside the Oakdale Theatre after rapper Meek Mill performed. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 n someone who performs rap music 2Hyper singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer a person who sings n a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door Syn|Hyper doorknocker, knocker device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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