单词 | hard rock |
释义 | hard rockn.2 Originally U.S. A type of loud and uncompromising rock music, typically placing particular emphasis on vigorously or aggressively delivered vocals, high amplification, and a heavy beat. Frequently attributive. Cf. heavy metal n. at heavy adj.1 20d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > rock > types of jazz-rock1915 rockabilly1956 rockaboogie1956 hard rock1959 folk-rock1963 soft rock1965 surf rock1965 acid rock1966 raga rock1966 progressive rock1968 Christian rock1969 cock rock1970 punk1970 punk rock1970 space rock1970 swamp rock1970 techno-rock1971 glitter rock1972 grunge1973 glam-rock1974 pub rock1974 alternative rock1975 dinosaur rock1975 prog rock1976 AOR1977 New Wave1977 pomp rock1978 prog1978 anarcho-punk1979 stadium rock1979 oi1981 alt-rock1982 noise1982 noise-rock1982 trash1983 mosh1985 emo-core1986 Goth1986 rawk1987 emo1988 grindcore1989 darkwave1990 queercore1991 lo-fi1993 dadrock1994 nu metal1995 1959 Billboard 28 Dec. 2/4 Eliminating the ‘hard rock’ disk items, KAYO has adopted a programming compromise, integrating the ‘top 50 singles’. 1962 Chicago Daily Defender 11 Dec. 16/2 Even though he is classified with ‘hard rock’..Sam [Cooke] doesn't sing that type of music. 1969 Rolling Stone 28 June 38/2 Drummer, hard-rock, blues, heavy, wants dependable group with horns. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 15 July 15/3 He..listens to hard rock and once dived into a mosh pit at a punk rock concert. 2013 J. Milward Crossroads xi. 135 Jimmy Page was a master of orchestrating pulverizing hard rock songs like ‘Achilles Last Stand’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hard rockadj.n.1 A. adj. (attributive). 1. Originally and chiefly North American. Originally: designating a miner engaged in or skilled at working hard (typically igneous or metamorphic) rock as distinct from coal or sedimentary deposits; (also) designating mining of this kind. Later more generally: designating a labourer experienced in or capable of heavy work with rock (in tunnelling, construction work, etc.); relating to or involving such work. Esp. in hard-rock man, hard-rock miner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [adjective] > types of streaming1778 off-handed1846 offhand1849 hard rock1890 1890 Los Angeles Times 29 Oct. 1/2 Wanted..good hard-rock miner. 1906 A. C. Spencer Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska 3 The development of hard-rock mining on the Treadwell property was greatly hindered by placer miners, who..washed gold from the decomposed outcrops. 1910 Logansport (Indiana) Chron. 17 Sept. 8/4 Twenty-eight hard-rock men..were removing the mountain of stone above the tunnels to transform them into open cuts. 1921 Lethbridge (Alberta) Daily Herald 23 Nov. 9/5 Mr. Russell has the part of ‘Brute’, who bosses the hard rock construction men with his bare fists. 1949 Chicago Daily News 9 Apr. 1/6 A machinist drilling with a crew of hardrock miners 75 feet below the surface. 1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) iv. ii. 392 That day there were six of us in our ‘pare’, or working party, Trevose and I and four ‘hard-rock’ men. 2004 B. H. G. Brady & E. T. Brown Rock Mech. for Underground Mining (ed. 3) xii. 364 Longwall mining in coal seams follows a somewhat different principle from that employed in hard-rock mining. 2013 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 13 July a6 Twenty coal miners and 16 hard-rock miners died in work-related accidents last year. 2. Canadian colloquial (chiefly Sport). Tough, determined, uncompromising; formidable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] stallc1275 unflichinga1340 adviseda1393 affirmed1440 constant1481 resolved1518 resolute1522 well-settled?1532 ratified1533 unbashed1536 bent1548 well-resolved1565 unabashed1571 determinate1587 undaunted1587 peremptory1589 confirmed1594 decretal1608 pight1608 intent1610 definitivea1616 unshrinkinga1616 naylessa1618 pitched1642 decisive1658 martyrly1659 certain1667 fell1667 decretory1674 martyrial1678 decretorian1679 invariable1696 unflinching1728 hell-bent1731 decided1767 determined1773 iron-headed1787 adamantine1788 unwincing1802 stick-at-nothing1805 adamant1816 hard-set1818 rock-like1833 bound1844 do-or-die1851 unbased1860 focused1888 capable de tout1899 purposive1903 go-for-broke1946 hard rock1947 take-no-shit1992 1947 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 19 Feb. 9/2 Don Slater, hard-rock right winger who barrels along on his skates with plenty of purpose. 1963 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 28 Mar. 13/1 Old-line, hardrock Tory Protestants cannot vote for ‘the Party of the Pope’—that is, the Liberals. 2001 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 5 June a8 Aren't longshoremen the hardrock guys who swear like sailors and drink like fish, beer in one hand, grappling hook in the other? 2012 G. B. Joyce Code l. 281 A hard-rock winger who..had a history of making big plays in the biggest games. B. n.1 North American colloquial. Originally: a hard-rock miner (now disused). Later: a tough or uncompromising person; a ‘tough nut’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness > person stalworthc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 iron man1643 pine knot1836 iron woman1900 hard rock1922 toughie1929 tough guy1932 hard-ass1962 hardbody1980 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > other specific mine workers chipper1747 blaster1776 tributor1778 striker1824 shifter1830 bandsman1852 back-shift1860 drifter1864 metal man1883 stower1886 wagoner1886 hard rock1922 beacher1923 1922 Boston Sunday Globe 16 Apr. (Mag.) 1/1 I've umpired a game between the Placers and the Hard Rocks! 1924 Bakersfield Californian 7 Mar. 17/2 After a short rest the hard rocks will again resume work on their block. 1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang ii. xiii. 222 The leader of our gang was what is usually termed a ‘hard rock’. He was the leader because he was the ‘hardest’. 1950 W. R. Bird This is Nova Scotia 19 One night..he ran up against a hardrock from Spencer's Island, and when the fracas ended he had been completely thrashed. 1977 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 8 June i. 8/1 We get all the young guys but we can't seem to bring some of the old hard-rocks around. 2001 B. Olds Bucking Tiger 90 He was to acquaint himself with every type of gambler. The rabbits, softhands, jacklegs and hunchmakers who mistook it for child's play... The hardrocks, mercenaries, cutthroats and swashbucklers who were out strictly for blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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