calypso

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/    美 /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. countable,uncountable
    — 'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day. He said, 'You mean how I get money?' When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way. He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.' 'And that last you the rest of the year?' 'It is enough.'
  2. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa countable,uncountable
  3. A song in this style of music. countable,uncountable
  4. A light blue color. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To perform calypso. intransitive

词形变化

calypsos plural calypsoes plural calypsos present,singular,third-person calypsoing participle,present calypsoed participle,past calypsoed past calypsos plural calypsoes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
buffalypso cadence-lypso calypso coffee calypsolike calypso-like calypsonian gospelypso rapso soca
相关词
kaiso

词源

词源 1
Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.
词源 2
From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ, “name of a sea nymph”)
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