Word · Frequency #15325
bluegrass
蓝草音乐
a style of country music played fast on banjos and guitars
- 1.
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
肯塔基蓝草(草地早熟禾)。
- 2.
A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
乡村音乐的一个子流派,源自苏格兰-爱尔兰阿巴拉契亚民间音乐、布鲁斯和爵士,特色为班卓琴、小提琴、原声吉他、多布罗和曼陀林;不含鼓、电吉他、钢琴或其他键盘/管乐器,以低音提琴维持节奏。
早熟禾属植物;六月禾;(美国肯塔基州中部的)蓝草地区;肯塔基蓝草(草地早熟禾)。;乡村音乐的一个子流派,源自苏格兰-爱尔兰阿巴拉契亚民间音乐、布鲁斯和爵士,特色为班卓琴、小提琴、原声吉他、多布罗和曼陀林;不含鼓、电吉他、钢琴或其他键盘/管乐器,以低音提琴维持节奏。;六月禾
In use
My grandfather loves listening to bluegrass on Saturday mornings.
She learned to play bluegrass on the banjo.
We went to a bluegrass festival in the mountains last summer.
play bluegrass
蓝草音乐是不可数名词,不加冠词,也没有复数形式。
They play bluegrass every Friday night.
他们每周五晚上演奏蓝草音乐。
bluegrass grows in [place]
指早熟禾属植物时,复数形式为 bluegrasses。
This bluegrass grows in moist fields.
这种早熟禾生长在潮湿的田野里。
the Bluegrass
指肯塔基州中部的地区时,首字母大写,并与 the 连用。
The Bluegrass is famous for its horses.
Connections
Collocations
- bluegrass music
- 蓝草音乐(一种以班卓琴和吉他快速演奏为特点的美国乡村音乐)
- She grew up listening to bluegrass music in the Appalachian Mountains.她在阿巴拉契亚山区听着蓝草音乐长大。
- bluegrass band
- 蓝草乐队
- The bluegrass band played at the county fair last weekend.那支蓝草乐队上周末在县集市上演出。
- bluegrass festival
- 蓝草音乐节
- We drove to Tennessee for the annual bluegrass festival.我们开车去田纳西州参加一年一度的蓝草音乐节。
- Kentucky bluegrass
- 肯塔基蓝草(一种早熟禾属牧草)
- The lawn was covered in thick Kentucky bluegrass.草坪上长满了茂密的肯塔基蓝草。
- Bluegrass State
- 蓝草之州(美国肯塔基州的别称)
- Kentucky is called the Bluegrass State because of its famous pastures.肯塔基州因盛产蓝草牧场而被称为“蓝草之州”。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
blue(蓝)+ grass(草),想象肯塔基州蓝绿色的草地,吉他班卓琴奏出蓝草音乐。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:botany/agricultural、central Kentucky geography、country music genre bluegrass 各义项的使用场合差别较大:植物学/农业中指早熟禾属草类,地名中指美国肯塔基州中部的蓝草地区,音乐中则指快速节奏的乡村音乐。整体以中性用法为主,通常根据具体语境即可判断所指。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这组词末尾都拼作 -grass,且重音都在第一个音节上,因此词尾 -grass 不重读。bluegrass 的重音在 blue 上,所以这些词都不是 bluegrass 的真正押韵词(也没有常见词与 bluegrass 押韵)。注意拼写相似的 blue /bluː/ 和 grass /ɡræs/ 容易让人误以为读音相近,但 bluegrass 作为复合词有自己的重音模式。
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