| 释义 |
sou·kous
\ˈsüˌküs\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: African French (of Brazzaville and Kinshasa) soucous, soukous, a dance popular in the late 1960s, alteration of French secousse jolt, jerk, from Middle French, from feminine of secous, past participle of secourre to shake, from Old French, from Latin succutere to shake from below, jolt — more at succussion
: popular guitar-driven dance music created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the influence of Cuban rumba |