emo
emo — 名詞
- emosingular
- emosplural
1. a genre of popular music rooted in punk, with lyrics that dwell on the singer's
情緒搖滾
龐克搖滾分支，歌詞充滿個人情感
a genre of popular music rooted in punk, with lyrics that dwell on the singer's personal feelings, sadness, and private struggles rather than on political or social topics.
Wei listened to emo every evening after finishing his homework.
Wei 每天晚上寫完功課後都會聽情緒搖滾。
uncountable, no article needed
The small club became famous for hosting the best emo bands from across the country.
那間小俱樂部因為主辦最棒的情緒搖滾樂團演出而聲名大噪。
collocation: emo band
Sade's first album mixed fast punk guitar with slow, emotional emo lyrics about heartbreak.
Sade 的第一張專輯融合了快速的龐克吉他和關於心碎的慢節奏情緒搖滾歌詞。
By 2005, emo had become one of the most popular music genres among high school students.
到了 2005 年，情緒搖滾已成為高中生之間最受歡迎的音樂類型之一。
- emocore
the earlier, more specific name for the original 1980s–90s subgenre
用法筆記
This sense is uncountable. You can say 'I like emo' or 'emo music', but not 'an emo' to mean a song. For the person who likes this music, see the second noun sense.
常見錯誤
2. someone, usually a teenager, who is a passionate follower of emo music and adopt
情緒少年
喜愛情緒搖滾及其穿搭風格的年輕人
someone, usually a teenager, who is a passionate follower of emo music and adopts its look — typically dressed in black, with slim-fit jeans and long dark hair partly over the face — and is perceived as deeply sensitive or emotionally troubled.
The emos stood in line for hours to buy tickets for the farewell concert.
那群情緒少年排了好幾個小時的隊，只為了買告別演唱會的門票。
countable plural: emos
Ari's mother worried when Ari became an emo and started wearing only black clothes.
Ari 的媽媽在 Ari 變成情緒少年並開始只穿黑色衣服時感到很擔心。
become an emo — identity change
A group of emos sat under a tree, sharing headphones and talking about bands.
一群情緒少年坐在樹下，共享耳機，聊著樂團的事。
Quinn's classmates called her an emo because of her long black bangs and shy nature.
Quinn 的同學因為她的黑色長瀏海和害羞的個性而叫她情緒少年。
- emo kid
informal, sometimes used dismissively
用法筆記
Can be used as a neutral label for someone in the subculture, but is also sometimes used as a mild insult to dismiss a person as overly sensitive or dramatic. See also the adjective sense 'having and expressing strong feelings'.
常見錯誤
emo — 形容詞
- emopositive
- more emocomparative
- most emosuperlative
1. connected with the music, fashion, style, or attitudes of the emo subculture.
情緒搖滾的
與情緒搖滾次文化相關的
connected with the music, fashion, style, or attitudes of the emo subculture.
Mia bought tight black jeans from the emo fashion section at a thrift store.
Mia 在二手商店的情緒搖滾服飾區買了緊身黑牛仔褲。
collocation: emo fashion
Tomás kept his emo hairstyle through high school, with long bangs covering one eye.
Tomás 高中期間都留著情緒搖滾髮型，長瀏海遮住一隻眼睛。
collocation: emo hairstyle
The emo scene in Taipei was small but very welcoming to new fans.
台北的情緒搖滾圈雖然不大，但對新樂迷非常友善。
Shirin decorated her bedroom walls with posters of emo bands and handwritten song lyrics.
Shirin 用情緒搖滾樂團的海報和手寫歌詞裝飾了她臥室的牆壁。
用法筆記
This sense is used before nouns (attributive position) to describe things that belong to the emo subculture. For describing a person's emotional state, see the next sense.
2. openly showing very strong feelings such as sadness, anger, or sensitivity, ofte
情緒化的
強烈表達情感的，帶貶義
openly showing very strong feelings such as sadness, anger, or sensitivity, often in a way that seems exaggerated or overly dramatic to other people.
Eric felt a bit emo after the film and took a minute to calm down.
Eric 看完電影後覺得有點情緒化，花了一分鐘才冷靜下來。
predicative: get emo — become emotional
Nila's emo poem about losing her cat moved the whole class to tears.
Nila 那首關於失去愛貓的情緒化詩作讓全班都感動落淚。
attributive: emo poem — expressing strong feeling
Stop being so emo about a small mistake — we can fix it before the deadline.
別為一個小錯誤就這麼情緒化——我們可以在截止前修正。
Daniel wrote an emo song about saying goodbye to his hometown when he moved away.
Daniel 寫了一首情緒化的歌，告別他搬離的家鄉。
- stoic
describes someone who hides their feelings rather than showing them openly
- unemotional
neutral opposite, lacking strong feelings
用法筆記
Common in informal speech. Can be mildly critical when used to describe a person's behaviour ('Don't be so emo'), but can also be neutral when describing art or creative work ('an emo poem'). Distinguish from the first adjective sense: this one describes a feeling or mood, not the subculture.