英语词汇jukebox的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jukebox
词源	jukebox [1930s] In the USA a juke was a nightclub or bar that provided food, drinks, and music for dancing, and could also be a brothel. The word was based on a term from the Creole language of the Gullah, an African-American people living on the coast of South Carolina and nearby islands. In their language juke meant ‘disorderly’.
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