| 释义 |
barrelhouse
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: so called from the row of barrels sometimes stacked along its walls
1. : a cheap drinking establishment usually with facilities for dancing and sometimes for gambling and lodging
2. : a style of jazz characterized by a very strongly accented beat, syncopation, dissonance, free improvisation, and when performed by a group continuous simultaneous improvisation by each member throughout an entire number
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌhau̇s, -au̇z\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: barrel
< every crow in hearing distance will come barrelhousing in, gang up, and drive this most hated enemy from the neighborhood — Eugene Kinkead > |