词汇 | reggae |
词源 | reggae. This style of Jamaican music, combining blues, ca- lypso, and rock ’n’ roll was named in 1968 after Frederick “Toots” Hibbert’s song “Do the Reggay.” The word reggay in the song comes from the Jamaican rege or strege for a raggedy or dowdy fellow. |
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