barrelhouse
/bar-uhl-hous/US // ˈbær əlˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈbærəlˌhaʊs) //
筒子楼,桶屋,桶房,筒子屋
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural bar·rel·hous·es [bar-uhl-hou-ziz] /ˈbær əlˌhaʊ zɪz/ for 1.
- : a cheap saloon, especially one in New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century: so called from the racks of liquor barrels originally placed along the walls.
- : a vigorous style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century.
Examples
She snagged a piano and pounded out barrelhouse runs in quirky time as I carried the main thread of the movement on a cello.
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