hootenanny

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhutənæni/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments.
    — The brain matches the mind-image of doughnuts to images and emotions stored in his brain’s memory regions: “Mmmm … doughnuts.” Then—bingo!—his brain’s dopamine-producing reward centres light up and have a rip-roaring hootenanny.
  2. A placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing. obsolete

词形变化

hootenannies plural

词源

Unknown; potentially Scottish. Use is tied to the Appalachian culture in the US.
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