mambo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmæmbəʊ/    美 /ˈmɑmboʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) countable,uncountable
    — The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter.
  2. A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To perform this dance. intransitive

词形变化

mambos plural mamboes plural manbo alternative mambos present,singular,third-person mamboing participle,present mamboed participle,past mamboed past

词汇关系

衍生词
horizontal mambo mambo sauce

词源

词源 1
From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).
词源 2
From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).
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