rock
rock 英 [rɒk] 美 [rɑk]
n. 岩石；摇滚乐； v. 摇动；摇晃
进行时:rocking 过去式:rocked 过去分词:rocked 第三人称单数:rocks 名词复数:rocks
- If you are asked to rock a baby, please do not throw a stone at it. Instead, move the baby gently from side to side. If this doesn't calm the child, play some loud rock music.
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- n. 岩石；摇滚乐；
- v. 摇动；摇晃
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1. The tunnel was blasted out of solid rock.
这条隧道是在实心岩石中炸出来的。
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2. The sign said ‘Danger: falling rocks’.
警示牌上写着“危险：前有落石”。
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3. a rock band
摇滚乐队
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4. a rock star
摇滚明星
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5. The boat rocked from side to side in the waves.
小船在波浪中摇荡。
- rock (n.1) "stone, mass of mineral matter," c. 1300, from Old English rocc (as in stanrocc "stone rock or obelisk") and directly from Old North French roque, which is cognate with Medieval Latin rocca (8c.), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, according to Klein sometimes said to be from Celtic (compare Breton roch).
- rock (n.2) "action of rocking; a movement to and fro," 1823, from rock (v.1). As short for rock and roll, by 1957; but sense of "musical rhythm characterized by a strong beat" is from 1946, in blues slang. Rock star attested by 1966.
- rock (v.1) "to sway," late Old English roccian "move a child gently to and fro," related to Old Norse rykkja "to pull, tear, move," Swedish rycka "to pull, pluck," Middle Dutch rucken, Old High German rucchan, German rücken "to move jerkily."
- rock (v.2) "to dance to popular music with a strong beat," 1948 (first attested in song title "We're gonna rock"), from rock (v.1), in earlier blues slang sense of "to cause to move with musical rhythm" (1922); often used at first with sexual overtones (as in 1922 song title "My Man Rocks Me (with One Steady Roll)"). Sense developed early 1950s to "play or dance to rock and roll music." Related: Rocked; rocking. Rocksteady, Jamaican pop music style (precursor of reggae), is attested from 1969.
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