highlife

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas. uncountable
    — Anwar took the broom away from the Congolese cleaner – whose name I did not know, whose name no one ever thought to ask – and made her dance with him, to some highlife he had going on the transistor radio he carried everywhere.
  2. A work or performance in this style. countable
    — Then he left the stage and listened to us playing highlifes.

词形变化

highlifes plural

词汇关系

词源

From high + life.
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