| 释义 |
‖ mariachi|mærɪˈɑːtʃɪ|
[Mexican Sp. mariache, mariachi.]
A group of itinerant Mexican folk musicians; also, a member of such a group. Also attrib.
1941Time 19 May 97 There are stacks of records by the omnipresent Mexican street bands, the mariachis. 1948‘P. Quentin’ Run to Death xiii. 106 The mariachis had started to play. Over the frenzied twang of guitars a deep, chesty baritone was extolling Guadalajara. 1964Listener 16 July 90/3 The mariachis personify all the robust colour of Mexico... They have the looks and the swagger of brigands and the dress-sense of toreadors, and they make jarring, irresistible music in the convulsive patterns of Latin-American rhythms. 1966[see charro]. 1967S. Blanc Rose Window (1968) viii. 79 The breeze carried snatches of mariachi music from the terrace where the guests were dining. 1970W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. (ed. 2) 526/2 Characteristically Mexican is the mariachi, the typical band that serves to entertain people in cafés and at village and country dances and celebrations. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Dec. 2/2 A mariachi band was ordered and two bottles of tequila to make their evening's work more pleasurable. |