| 单词 |
hep-cat |
| 释义 |
hep-cat slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈhɛpkæt| [f. hep a. + cat n.1 2 c.] An addict of jazz, swing music, etc.; one who is ‘hep’; = hipster1.
1938in Amer. Speech (1939) XIV. 140 Hep cat,..guy who knows what it's [sc. swing music is] all about. a1940F. Scott Fitzgerald Last Tycoon (1949) v. 127 Suddenly they were at work again—taking up this new theme in turn like hepcats in a swing band and going to town with it. 1955Sci. News Let. 1 Oct. 221/2 This is not cool chatter between some young hep-cats in a smoke-filled jazz joint. 1957C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. xii. 184 You's the hep-cat what stole Mr. Vial's puss-cat! 1959Listener 9 Apr. 646/2 The lament at a local hep-cat's funeral. 1959News Chron. 14 Oct. 8/6 The jazz-loving ‘hep-cat’. 1961Times 20 May 5/1 Mr. Louis Armstrong and his fellow hepcats. |
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