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单词 ska
释义

ska

[ skah ]
/ skɑ /

noun

a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
Compare reggae, rock steady.

Origin of ska

First recorded in 1960–65; of obscure origin

Words nearby ska

sjoe, Sjögren's syndrome, S.J. Res., SK, SK8, ska, skag, Skagen, Skagerrak, Skagway, skald
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Example sentences from the Web for ska

  • Ska man' dros, or Scamander—a river of the Troad or plains of Troy.

    Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer
  • What I want is to drive every pony across the Wakon and up the Ska valley, where we'll find support.

    Under Fire|Charles King

British Dictionary definitions for ska

ska
/ (skɑː) /

noun

a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s, accented on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat bar

Word Origin for ska

C20: origin unknown
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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