beatbox
verb [ I ] uk/ˈbiːt.bɒks/ us/ˈbiːt.bɑːks/
用口技模仿鼓声，演绎节奏口技
to use your mouth and voice to make sounds like a drum machine (= an electronic machine that produces drum sounds)
He was invited by the Icelandic star to beatbox on her all-vocal album Medulla. 这位冰岛女星邀请他为其全声部专辑《Medulla》做节奏口技。
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- We would do these sessions at my loft where I would beatbox, and he would play guitar.
- There's absolutely no reason why girls shouldn't give it a go. We can beatbox just as well as the boys.
- Thao can also hum and beatbox simultaneously.
- He’s recording himself trying to rap and beatbox.
beatbox
noun uk/ˈbiːt.bɒks/ us/ˈbiːt.bɑːks/
[ C ]电子鼓
a drum machine (= an electronic machine that produces drum sounds)
These instruments are played by humans in a much more direct way than a computer or beatbox. 人类演奏这些乐器的方式比电脑或电子鼓更加直接。
[ U ]用口技模仿鼓声，节奏口技
a style of music in which someone makes sounds like a drum machine with their mouth and voice
The show is a mix of breakdancing and skating, plus hip-hop, beatbox, and deejay music. 节目融合了霹雳舞和轮滑，再加上嘻哈、节奏口技和DJ音乐。
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- He recorded the album in various hotel rooms with the aid of beatboxes, guitars, and porta-synths.
- The set matches the sound of an old Gretsch semi-acoustic guitar to the percussion effects of a human beatbox.
- His style features raucous guitar with primitive beatbox.
- You're seeing beatbox in adverts and you're hearing it on a few commercial tracks.
- There will also be a beatbox choir in the Ballroom (using only their voices to make extraordinary percussive sounds).