dancehall

dancehall — noun

1. a public hall, especially in earlier times, where people went to dance together

1.名詞B2
釋義

a public hall, especially in earlier times, where people went to dance together

例句

The old dancehall by the harbor now hosts wedding parties on weekends.

noun for a building used for public dancing

After supper, villagers walked to the dancehall for the spring festival.

go to the dancehall for a social event

同義詞
  • ballroom

    often suggests a formal room for dances inside a larger venue, while a dancehall can be a simpler public social space

  • club

    usually sounds more modern and is strongly linked to drinking or nightlife, unlike the older social-venue sense of dancehall

用法筆記

Usually refers to a public venue rather than a private room in a home. In modern English, the two-word form dance hall is often more common for the building sense.

常見錯誤

❌We met in dancehall after dinner.
✅We met in the dancehall after dinner.
💡the building sense normally takes an article when you mean one specific place.

2. a Jamaican music style with heavy beats, where artists often sing or half-speak

2.名詞B2
釋義

a Jamaican music style with heavy beats, where artists often sing or half-speak the words in Jamaican Creole

例句

Daichi started listening to dancehall after his cousin moved to Kingston.

listen to dancehall as a genre

The DJ mixed dancehall with pop during the club's final set.

collocation: mix dancehall with another style

同義詞
  • reggae

    a broader and often slower Jamaican style, while dancehall is typically more beat-driven and club-focused

  • reggaeton

    was influenced by dancehall rhythms, but is mainly tied to Spanish-language Latin pop rather than Jamaican dancehall culture

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when you mean the genre in general. This sense names the Jamaican style itself, not simply any music played inside a dance hall.

常見錯誤

❌I like a dancehall with strong bass.
✅I like dancehall with strong bass.
💡the genre name is usually uncountable when you mean the style in general.