ska
/skɑː/ (bre, ipa) · /skɑː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈskä/ (ame, mw)
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。
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。
- 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.