rock and roll

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/    美 /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics. uncountable
  2. A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music. uncountable
  3. An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies. attributive,especially,uncountable
    — rock and roll lifestyle
  4. Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed. Cockney,slang,uncountable
    — I'm back on rock and roll
    I'm back on the dole.
  5. The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon. US,slang,uncountable
  6. The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing. uncountable
    — The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'.
动词 v.
  1. To have sex. dated,euphemistic,slang
  2. To play rock and roll music.
  3. To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.
    — Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!

词形变化

rock-and-roll alternative rock'n'roll alternative rock 'n' roll alternative rock n roll alternative rock 'n roll alternative rock-n-roll alternative rock-'n'-roll alternative rock & roll alternative rocks and rolls present,singular,third-person rock and rolls present,singular,third-person rocking and rolling participle,present rock and rolling participle,present rocked and rolled participle,past rocked and rolled past rock and rolled participle,past rock and rolled past rock-and-roll alternative rock'n'roll alternative rock 'n' roll alternative rock n roll alternative rock 'n roll alternative rock-n-roll alternative rock-'n'-roll alternative rock & roll alternative

词源

词源 1
From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll").
As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.
词源 2
From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll").
As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.
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