| 释义 |
barrel-house orig. U.S.
[f. barrel n. 1.]
1. A low-class drinking saloon, often incorporating a lodging-house or brothel.
1883G. W. Peck Peck's Bad Boy 120 After I had put a few things in his brandy he concluded it was cheaper to buy it, and he is now patronizing a barrel-house. 1888Missouri Republican 11 Feb. (Farmer), The West-side police are still arresting barrel-house loafers. 1934J. A. & A. Lomax Amer. Ballads (1960) p. xxxi, Jazz reigns happily and completely in the barrel-house regions. 1950A. Lomax Mr. Jelly Roll (1952) 79 Any musician who wasn't too proud to earn a dollar in a barrelhouse.
2. attrib., passing into adj. Designating an unrestrained type of jazz such as is played in barrel-houses, characterized by a forceful rhythm. Also absol.
1926H. O. Osgood So this is Jazz 99 Trumpets and trombones..in that semi-muffled voice aptly described by the term ‘barrel-house tone’. 1937Amer. Speech XII. 182/1 The barrelhouse style is very African. 1938Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Sept. 188/3 It may start ‘barrelhouse’ (free improvisation), blending into ‘screwball’ (fast free improvisation). 1958P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xv. 181 Barrel-house retains a close allegiance with ragtime. |
