heavy metal

短语
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n. 重金属, 强敌

发音

US /ˈhɛv.i ˌmɛt.əl/

词形变化

heavy metals 复数 heavy metals

别名

HM

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. (There are many different definitions of what counts as a heavy metal; see Heavy metals for a discussion.)

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  2. 2.

    A genre descended from rock music, characterized by the use of emphatic drumbeats, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness; often featuring extended instrumental solos and powerful vocals.

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  3. 3.

    A genre descended from rock music, characterized by the use of emphatic drumbeats, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness; often featuring extended instrumental solos and powerful vocals.

    The first form of metal music, which arose in the late 1960s and the 1970s, and is closer to the rock music of the time than most other subgenres of metal.

    重金属

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  4. 4.

    Guns or shot of large size.

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  5. 5.

    Great influence or power.

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词汇关系

词源

According to the Oxford World's Classics edition of Anthony Trollope's Rachel Ray (1863), "big guns," as on a warship. The origin of the music genre sense is often disputed; it was used by William S. Burroughs in Soft Machine and Nova Express and various music critics claim to have coined it: Sandy Pearlman, Lester Bangs and Mike Saunders.

来源:wiktionary