reggae

• n. 瑞格舞（西印度群島的一種舞蹈及舞曲）

來自牙買加英語 rege,破布，爭吵，詞源同 rag,ragga.後用於這種音樂名稱。

reggae (n.)

1968, Jamaican English (first in song title "Do the Reggay" by Toots & the Maytals), perhaps [OED, Barnhart] related to rege-rege "a quarrel, protest," literally "ragged clothes," variant of raga-raga, alteration and reduplication of English rag (n.).

1. Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.

鮑勃·馬利讓他們首次接觸到了雷蓋音樂。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It placed reggae music firmly in the mainstream of world culture.

它使得雷鬼音樂在世界主流文化中占據了不可動搖的一席之地。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Reggae must be the only music that's got its own country — Jamaica.

雷蓋音樂得到了一整個國家人民的支持，這個國家就是牙買加——這一點上它無疑是獨一無二的。

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4. A top reggae singer gave a young fan the thrill of her life when he serenaded her.

一名當紅雷蓋樂歌手對著一個年輕的歌迷唱了一首小夜曲，這讓她感到了前所未有的激動與興奮。

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5. Their music is a cross of reggae with hip hop.

他們的音樂是雷鬼和嘻哈風格的組合.

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