| 释义 |
swingy, a. colloq.|ˈswɪŋɪ|
[f. swing n.2 + -y1.]
That swings; characterized by swing. In various senses.
1. Of music: see swing n.2 10 b.
1933Melody Maker 25 Nov. 3/1 (song-title) Swingy little thingy. 1956E. Delaney in S. Traill Play that Music 54 Do you remember the Gerry Mulligan sounds?—easy, swingy and very quiet. 1968Melody Maker 30 Nov. 22/2 The arrangements are tight and swingy. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 46 The trombonist..improvised a tidy, swingy, four-bar lead-in.
2. Of garments, esp. skirts.
1937Evening News 1 Feb. 1/3 Skirts will be shorter and swingier.., in keeping with swing music. 1960She Dec. 8 It's the swingiest thing! Lister ‘Crimplene’ in party casuals. 1981Times 28 Apr. 10/6 Chic tweed suits with swingy skirts.
3. Of movement, gait, etc.
1943J. Steinbeck Once There was a War (1959) 22 A band of pipers marches out in kilts, with bagpipes and drums and the swingy march of pipers. 1944D. Burley Handbk. Jive 85 You bend your knees halfway and rock back and forth on your heels and toes with a swingy sway. |