爵士乐：jazz词汇精讲

Every Starbucks' Jazz album just proved my point, really. There are no two words in English language more harmful than "good job".

——Whiplash

我告诉你，星巴克里放的每张爵士专辑都很好的证明了我的观点。英语里没有比“干得不错”这种话更害人的了。

——《爆裂鼓手》

一、关于jazz，你应该知道的用法有

adj.

爵士乐的 relating to jazz

We're watching the live at the Montreal jazz festival.

我们在看蒙特娄爵士音乐节现场实况。

n.

1.爵士乐，爵士舞 [U] a type of music with strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing), originally created by African American musicians

Does his mother like jazz?

她母亲喜欢爵士乐吗？

2.喧闹 [U] loud sounds

All the jazz disappeared.

所有的喧闹都消失了。

3.陈腔滥调，废话，空话，胡扯 [U] word thats mean nothing

Don't give me that jazz.

别跟我胡扯。

4.（Jazz）爵士（《变形金刚》中的汽车人，变形为保时捷935 TURBO方程式赛车。）

v.

1.奏爵士乐，跳爵士舞 [I,T] to play in the manner of jazz

Can you jazz up classical tunes?

你能把古典乐曲奏成爵士音乐吗？

2.使活泼 [T] to make sth more interesting, exciting or attractive

I jazzed the article up with some articulation and fancy words.

我用一些有力度的说法和独特的词汇把文章激活起来。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有jazz的常见短语

cool jazz

冷漠派爵士乐

jazz around

v. 游荡

jazz up

使巨有爵士乐情调;使活跃,使愉快,刺激

jazz band

n. 爵士乐队

三、学会jazz的用法了吗？来做个填词游戏吧

Jack is great on cycling and ____.
杰克热衷于骑自行车和听爵士音乐。