barrelhouse
英 ['b?r(?)lha?s]
美['b?r?l,ha?s]
- n. （美）廉價(jià)小酒館；一種早期亂奏的爵士樂(lè)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?barrelhouses;
英文詞源
- barrelhouse (n.)
- "cheap saloon, often with an associated brothel," by 1875, American English, so called in reference to the barrels of beer or booze typically stacked along the wall. See barrel (n.) + house (n.).
Q. What was this place you rented? -- A. It was a room adjoining a barrel-house.
Q. What is a barrel house? -- A. It is a room where barrels of whisky are tapped, a very inferior kind of whisky, and the whisky is sold by the glassful right out of the barrel. It is a primitive coffee house. [Committee Report of the 43rd Congress, Select Committee on Conditions of the South, 1874-75]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The room was crowded and Barrelhouse was on duty.
- 店堂里人滿滿的,巴雷爾豪斯正在照應(yīng)著.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. An early type of jazz characterized by a strong beat and rollicking delivery , similar to barrelhouse.
- 一種早期的爵士樂(lè), 節(jié)奏強(qiáng)勁,表演喧鬧,與低級(jí)酒店爵士樂(lè)類似.
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