词族 · barrelhouse
词形变化
英语词源
- barrelhouse (n.)
- "cheap saloon, often with an associated brothel," by 1875, American English, so called in reference to the barrels of beer or booze typically stacked along the wall. See barrel (n.) + house (n.).
Q. What was this place you rented? -- A. It was a room adjoining a barrel-house.
Q. What is a barrel house? -- A. It is a room where barrels of whisky are tapped, a very inferior kind of whisky, and the whisky is sold by the glassful right out of the barrel. It is a primitive coffee house. [Committee Report of the 43rd Congress, Select Committee on Conditions of the South, 1874-75]
权威例句
- 1. The room was crowded and Barrelhouse was on duty.
- 店堂里人满满的,巴雷尔豪斯正在照应着.
- 2. An early type of jazz characterized by a strong beat and rollicking delivery , similar to barrelhouse.
- 一种早期的爵士乐, 节奏强劲,表演喧闹,与低级酒店爵士乐类似.