橘子朗文词典

jive

J 开头单词

柯林斯词典

    jive /dʒaɪv/ (jiving,jived,jives)

  • 1. V-I If you jive, you dance energetically, especially to rock and roll or swing music. 跳搖擺舞[非正式]

    I learned to jive there when they got the jukebox. 儅他們得到電動唱機時，我在那學會跳搖擺舞。

  • 2. N-UNCOUNT Jive is rock and roll or swing music that you jive to. 搖擺樂

  • 3. N-UNCOUNT Jive or jive talk is a kind of informal language used by some African Americans. 美國黑人的一種非正式語言[美國英語]

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剑桥词典

    jive noun (DANCE)

    [ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
    a fast dance that was very popular with young people in the 1940s and 1950s
    牛仔舞，捷舞，搖擺舞（20世紀40至50年代青年人中流行的一種快舞）
    My father taught me how to do the jive. 是我父親教我跳搖擺舞的。

    jive noun (TALK)

    [ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] US slang
    talk that has no meaning or is dishonest
    花言巧語，假話，空話
    Don't believe a word he says, it's just a bunch of (= a lot of) jive! 他說的話一句都別信，全是花言巧語！ 返回 jive