disco

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪskəʊ/    美 /ˈdɪskoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”). abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable
    — Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life
  2. discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) US,informal
    — You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.
  3. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. uncountable
    — And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.”
  4. discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) US,informal
    — Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.
  5. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity. UK,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To dance disco-style dances. intransitive
    — The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing.
  2. To go to discotheques. intransitive
    — Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.

词形变化

discos plural discos present,singular,third-person discoing participle,present discoed participle,past discoed past discos plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antidisco avant-disco blue light disco cosmic disco deader than disco disco ball disco biscuit disco bunny disco-dance disco dancing discoer discoey discofied disco fries disco funk discoish discolike disco-like discomania disco matanga disco nap disco perm disco polo disco rice disco stick disco-style discowear Eurodisco Italo disco mutant disco nondisco nu-disco postdisco post-disco predisco pre-disco roller disco silent disco space disco Thai disco

词源

词源 1
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
词源 2
Clipping of discovery.
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