ska
/skɑː/ (bre, ipa) · /skɑː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈskä/ (ame, mw)
ska — noun
1. a lively style of dance music that began among young people in Jamaica around 19
a lively style of dance music that began among young people in Jamaica around 1960, built on a quick off-beat played on guitar; it later grew into reggae.
Omar grew up in Kingston listening to ska on his father's old radio.
listening to ska — uncountable, no article
The band mixed ska with punk to get crowds dancing at every show.
mix ska with [genre]
Isabela learned to play the fast off-beat that gives ska its bouncy sound.
By the late 1960s ska had slowed down and turned into reggae across Jamaica.
Nadia booked three ska bands for the summer street festival in Bristol.
- reggae
the slower, later Jamaican style that grew directly out of ska
- rocksteady
the brief 1960s style that sits between ska and reggae
用法筆記
Uncountable; never used with 'a' or in the plural. Often modifies another noun ('ska band', 'ska beat', 'ska revival') to point to the genre rather than to one song.