ska
ska — 名詞
1. a lively style of dance music that began among young people in Jamaica around 19
斯卡音樂
源自牙買加、節奏輕快的舞曲，後演變為雷鬼
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.
Omar 在金斯敦長大，常用父親那台舊收音機聽斯卡音樂。
listening to ska — uncountable, no article
The band mixed ska with punk to get crowds dancing at every show.
這個樂團把斯卡音樂和龐克融合在一起，每場表演都讓觀眾跟著跳舞。
mix ska with [genre]
Isabela learned to play the fast off-beat that gives ska its bouncy sound.
Isabela 學會彈那種快速的弱拍，正是這種弱拍讓斯卡音樂有了輕快彈跳的感覺。
By the late 1960s ska had slowed down and turned into reggae across Jamaica.
到了一九六〇年代末，斯卡音樂的節奏放慢，在整個牙買加慢慢演變成了雷鬼。
ska turned into reggae — historical development
Nadia booked three ska bands for the summer street festival in Bristol.
Nadia 為布里斯托的夏季街頭音樂節訂了三組斯卡樂團。
- ska band
- ska beat
- ska revival
- play ska
- 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.