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单词 jazzify
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jazzifyv.

Brit. /ˈdʒazᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈdʒæzᵻˌfaɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jazz n., -ify suffix.
Etymology: < jazz n. + -ify suffix, after jazzified adj. Compare earlier jazzification n. Compare also earlier jazz v.
transitive. To make to resemble jazz; to play or sing (a piece of music) in the style of jazz; to render jazzy (in various senses). Cf. jazz v. 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique
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1927 Daily Express 9 Nov. 9 In ‘Hit the Deck’,..British bluejackets kneel down, and, with arms uplifted to heaven, jazzify a negro spiritual.
1928 Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 15/1 We had already seen our musical taste jazzified, and our British standards of art and life were being jazzified by foreign films.
1930 I. Goldberg Tin Pan Alley x. 265 It was said, in defense of this practice, that composers like MacDowell benefited by this process. This by Whiteman, apropos of jazzifying ‘To a Wild Rose’.
1990 San Fancisco Chron. (Nexis) 25 Sept. e1 She jazzifies a song so far out of shape it loses its essence.
2001 Time Out (Nexis) 26 Sept. 145 ‘Oooh, it would be heavenly,’ enthuses Dempsey DunkleyClark, on the thought of having to jazzify an empty room.
2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Aug. 7 We're not interested in jazzifying rock music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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