jazz /dʒæz/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
• (n.) a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
• (v.) play something in the style of jazz

Chinese translation

• n. 爵士乐, 喧闹
• a. 爵士乐的, 喧吵的
• vi. 演奏爵士乐, 跳爵士舞, 游荡

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/dʒæz/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.31 · Rare

Word forms

jazzing, jazzed, jazzes

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