词族 · jitterbug
中文词源
jitterbug 吉格巴舞
来自美国1934年一首流行歌曲名Jitter Bug,字面意思即舞迷。后用于指这种舞蹈。
英语词源
- jitterbug (n.)
- popular type of fast swing dance, 1938, American English, from "Jitter Bug," title of a song recorded by Cab Calloway in 1934. Probably the literal sense is "one who has the jitters" (see jitters; for second element see bug (n.) in the slang "person obsessed with" sense). Another sense current about this time was "swing music enthusiast." As a verb from 1938.
权威例句
- 1. I like rumba and jitterbug very much.
- 我很喜欢伦巴舞和吉特巴舞.