rap

英 [ræp] 美 [ræp]

解释

※ 提供单词"rap"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

rap 敲击，打击，说唱

拟声词，模仿敲打的声音，后引申词义说唱。

rap (n.): c. 1300, "a quick, light blow, stroke," also "a fart" (late 15c.), native or borrowed from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish rap, Swedish rapp "light blow"); either way probably of imitative origin (compare slap, clap).

Slang meaning "rebuke, blame, responsibility" is from 1777; specific meaning "criminal indictment" (as in rap sheet, 1960) is from 1903. To beat the rap is from 1927. Meaning "music with improvised words" first in New York City slang, 1979 (see rap (v.2)).
rap (v.1): mid-14c., "strike, smite, knock," from rap (n.). Related: Rapped; rapping. To rap (someone's) knuckles "give light punishment" is from 1749. Related: Rapped; rapping.
rap (v.2): "talk informally, chat," 1929, popularized c. 1965 in Black English, possibly first in Caribbean English and from British slang meaning "say, utter" (1879), originally "to utter a sudden oath" (1540s), ultimately from rap (n.). As a noun in this sense from 1898. Meaning "to perform rap music" is recorded by 1979. Related: Rapped; rapping.

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1. He said statisticians gave them a bad rap by "lying with figures".: 他说统计学家“用数据说谎”，败坏了他们的名声。

4. We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.: 如果玩具质量低劣，我们会痛斥制造商。