| 词汇 | karaoke |
| 释义 | karaoke noun[ U ] uk /ˌkær.iˈəʊ.ki/ us /ˌker.iˈoʊ.ki/ a form of entertainment, originally from Japan, in which recordings of the music but not the words of popular songs are played, so that people can sing the words themselves: 卡拉 OK a karaoke bar/machine/night卡拉 OK 酒吧／唱机／之夜 Singing a cappella accompaniment accompany alto anthem coloratura contralto countertenor croon crooner dirge intonation prima donna psalm quartet quintet raise the roofidiom singsong the Internationale warble Examples of karaokekaraoke While visiting her son at college for the weekend, her reflections began when she noticed the "vitality and happiness" of a karaoke singer. For female members of the brass band club, karaoke provided another means for keeping up with their friends' taste for media-popular. There is helpful comment, too, on the place of imitation and the positive qualities of karaoke. You simply follow the lead of the karaoke machine. With refreshing honesty he maps his own involvement with karaoke onto an account of the social mechanics, and cultural contexts, of the phenomenon. Other venues such as disco, karaoke, etc. were also uncommon; only 83 girls (9.5 per cent) and 48 boys (5.5 per cent) chose them. Then, do you sing their songs in karaoke? Just as my female informants liked karaoke much more than their male counterparts, the girls seemed far more interested in common music. In this sense it is like karaoke, which provides the catalog of songs from which to choose. Singing does take place in certain social environments + churches, football matches, karaoke bars, for example. Indeed, there never seems to be a shortage of male or female singers at karaoke bars. The authors claim to deal with karaoke as machine, and as everyday musical practice in the binary contexts of globalisation and localisation. They argue that it is helpful to understand the nature of karaoke in terms of 'technology, place and musical behaviour' (p. 3). Despite these theoretical weaknesses, there are some excellent articles that will inform and stimulate even the reader who still has no proper experience of karaoke. Drew's intuitive approach to the phenomenon, however, belies his methodical and thorough dissection of the various styles and motivations of karaoke singers. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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