jitterbug
英 ['dʒɪtəbʌg]
美 ['dʒɪtɚbʌɡ]
- n. 图象不稳定；跳吉特巴舞的人；容易紧张的人；爵士乐迷
- vi. 跳吉特巴舞
中文词源
jitterbug 吉格巴舞来自美国1934年一首流行歌曲名Jitter Bug,字面意思即舞迷。后用于指这种舞蹈。
英文词源
- jitterbug (n.)
- popular type of fast swing dance, 1938, American English, from "Jitter Bug," title of a song recorded by Cab Calloway in 1934. Probably the literal sense is "one who has the jitters" (see jitters; for second element see bug (n.) in the slang "person obsessed with" sense). Another sense current about this time was "swing music enthusiast." As a verb from 1938.
双语例句
- 1. I like rumba and jitterbug very much.
- 我很喜欢伦巴舞和吉特巴舞.
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