jazz

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 jăz

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation. uncountable,usually
    — You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!
  2. Energy, excitement, excitability. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — “You want something zippy there. Something with a bit of jazz to it!”
  3. The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s). uncountable,usually
    — and all that jazz
  4. Something of excellent quality, the genuine article. uncountable,usually
    — That show was the jazz!
  5. Nonsense. uncountable,usually
    — Stop talking jazz.
  6. Semen, jizz. slang,uncountable,usually
    — Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat.
  7. A red-skinned variety of eating apple. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To destroy; to ruin. slang
    — You’ve gone and jazzed it now!
  2. To play (jazz music).
  3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
  4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
  5. To complicate. slang
    — Don’t jazz it too much!
  6. To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself. US,dated,intransitive,slang
    — ‘Jazzing?’ Temple whispered […]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
  7. To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. intransitive,slang
    — I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a Billingsgate fishwoman blush!
  8. To distract or pester. slang,transitive
    — Stop jazzing me!
  9. To ejaculate. slang
    — Twenty-four black men jazzed madly as trumpets exploded her eardrums in tom-tom time. Ebony orgasm flooded her with creme.

词形变化

jazzes plural jaz alternative,dated jas alternative,dated jass alternative,dated jasz alternative,dated jazzes present,singular,third-person jazzing participle,present jazzed participle,past jazzed past jaz alternative,dated jas alternative,dated jass alternative,dated jasz alternative,dated

词源

词源 1
Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.
词源 2
Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.
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