单词 | jazzify |
释义 | jazzifyv. 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. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 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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