单词 | riddim |
释义 | riddimn. 1. Rhythm. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] proportiona1387 measurea1525 mode1561 casure1565 moodc1570 rhythm1576 rhyme1586 stotc1590 dimension1597 sextupla1597 timing1597 rhythmus1603 cadence1605 time1609 cadency1628 movement1683 lilt1841 metre1873 tempus1889 riddim1943 1943 F. F. Brown in Story May–June 75/2 You're esking me, vat's she got special? So I'm telling you... Unusual riddim. 1959 G. Green Lotus Eaters ii. 11 All us geejee [i.e. Geechee] niggers got deh inborned sense of riddim. 2. Originally Jamaican. A musical rhythm, esp. in the context of reggae music; (now) spec. a recorded rhythm track usually consisting of a bass line and basic drum beat, often sampled from one song and used as the basis for composing another. ΚΠ 1974 E. Braithwaite in R. Mais Brother Man (Illustr. ed.) Introd. p. xix [The music] is a lead singer/narrator call with collective response, grounded into an ensemble of heavy bass explosions and repeater drum signals. The individual rides these ridims like Big Youth his S.90 [sc. a motorcycle]. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 10 June vi. 21 The five-piece unit continually locked into slithering, rock-solid riddims. 1993 Vibe Sept. 84/1 [They] elbowed their way into the deejay fraternity, mostly..by paying them indirect homage via answer tracks—‘counteractions’ to men's hit songs, recorded on the same riddim. 2004 Touch Mar. 102/2 A pleasant enough light-hearted gal tune jaunt over a riddim that is actually a little tuffer than it might first appear. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1943 |
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