单词 | port-a-beul |
释义 | port-a-beul/ˌpɔːʃtəˈbiːal/(also port-a-bheul, puirt-a-beul) Scottish noun A fast-paced reel or dancing song consisting of a tune of Lowland Scottish origin to which repetitive, easily memorized Gaelic lyrics have been added, sung unaccompanied. OriginEarly 20th century. From Scottish Gaelic port-a-beul from port + a, perhaps showing the preposition a from, out of (Early Irish a, as from the same Indo-European base as classical Latin ex) + beul mouth. |
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