jazz的词源
英文词源
- jazz
- jazz: [20] Words of unknown origin always attract speculation, and it is hardly surprising that such an unusual and high-profile one as jazz (first recorded in 1913) should have had more than its fair share (one of the more ingenious and colourful theories is that it comes from the nickname of one Jasbo Brown, an itinerant black musician along the Mississippi – Jasbo perhaps being an alteration of Jasper).
Given that the word emerged in Black English (probably originally in the sense ‘copulation’), it is not surprising that attempts have been made to link it with some West African language, and picture it crossing the Atlantic with the slave ships, but there is no convincing evidence for that (the scenario seems to have got started with a 1917 article in the New York Sun, which was purely the invention of a press agent).
- jazz (v.)
- "to speed or liven up," 1917, from jazz (n.). Related: jazzed; jazzing.
- jazz (n.)
- by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (compare Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.
If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924]
All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.
中文词源
jazz（爵士乐）：新奥尔良红灯区的粗俗俚语
爵士乐，一种起源于非洲形成于美国的音乐类型，缘于蓝调(blues)。该词是美国人查的最多的词源之一。据说jazz原为jass，最早来源于新奥尔良红灯区的性暗示语“JASSING IT UP”，俚语jass指性爱中的短暂高潮，十分粗俗，公众难以接受，因此后来改写为jazz。随后jazz这个词开始普及和流传。
jazz： [dʒæz] n.爵士乐，爵士舞v.奏爵士乐，跳爵士舞adj.爵士乐的，喧闹的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：jazz 词源，jazz 含义。
一种发源于美国路易斯安那克里奥尔区的流行音乐或舞蹈，词源不确定，可能来自非洲某语言jasm,精力，活动，衍生俚语词jism,种子，后衍生俚语词jazz。后黑人音乐家用于命名他们创作的一种音乐形式，即爵士。但始料未及的是，该音乐形式在创作出来后，迅速流行于全世界，并赋予了多种褒义词义。因此，也有人评论说：“If the truth were known about the origin of the word”Jazz”,it would never be mentioned in polite society.”比较funk.
约在1910年前后，美国维克斯堡城出现了一个“亚历山大散拍乐队”，其表演多为即兴式，乐曲带有强烈的切分节奏，欢快热烈，撼人心旌，顿时掀起轰动，迅速波及芝加哥、纽约等大都会以及全美。据传，始作俑者亚历山大本性Charles， 常讹化Jazz，每当乐队演出达到高潮，舞台上下一片疯狂，听众狂热地合着节拍齐声高喊：“Jazz，加油！Jazz，加油！”于是，这种借鉴于黑人音乐的现代乐，便被人们称为jazz（汉语音译作“爵士”）。如今它早已下胫而走，远远越出了美国国界，传遍了全球。
