Motown

美 [?mo??ta?n] 　英 [?m??ta?n]

• adj.“汽車城”節(jié)奏的
• n.汽車城音樂（流行于 20 世紀 60 和 70 年代，由本部在底特律的一家黑人唱片公司發(fā)行）
• 網(wǎng)絡摩城；摩頓黑人音樂；摩城唱片

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

adj.	1. “汽車城”節(jié)奏的

英英解釋

na.	1. a type of African-American soul music from the U.S. city of Detroit, popular in the 1960s and 1970s

例句

Motown also happens to be the name of one of the best-known recording labels in the world.

另外，摩城也正好是世上最著名的錄音公司之一的名字。

One of the most explosive performances I've ever witnessed was Jackson sliding across the stage at the Motown twenty-fifth anniversary show.

我曾親眼目睹過他最具爆炸性的表演，那是在底特律二十五周年展覽會上杰克遜在舞臺上滑行。

Her father was a jazz guitarist, and she remembers Motown, Bob Dylan and classical music being played around the house.

她父親是爵士吉他手，她記得從前家里一直播放著汽車城音樂，鮑勃·狄倫以及古典音樂。

Visitors to the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan, experience some of the excitement of Motown's early years.

游客只要來到密西根州底特律的摩城歷史博物館，即可體驗摩城早期的興奮事件。

Those with dementia tend to have lowered levels of embarrassment, even when watching themselves sing along to cheesy Motown hits.

失智者往往對尷尬有著較低的反應水平，甚至在觀看自己跟著唱出低俗的汽車城風格的歌曲時也是如此。

He aims to rock the market with a gorgeous $90, 000 plug-in hybrid and a business model that's more Silicon Valley than Motown.

他的目標是用一輛價值9萬美元的電動混合車撼動汽車市場，而其商業(yè)模式更像硅谷的而非（美國底特律）汽車城。

It's in Motown, which is short for "Motor Town, " which is a nickname for Detroit, the Motor City and home of the U. S. auto industry.

就是在Motown，它是汽車城的縮寫（MotorTown），也是汽車城市及美國汽車工業(yè)之家底特律的綽號。

listen to club, the R&B, to Motown, to disco. And I, what I did, I combined both elements.

聽一半俱樂部，R&B的，以汽車城，迪斯科。而我，我做什么，我結(jié)合這兩個因素。

Thoroughly frustrated by the dating scene in Motown, he has decided to move.

因為對底特律的約會場所徹底失望，他決定離開。

This would probably go for every album he recorded and probably pre-dating [Sony] to his Motown days.

這可能是尋自他的每一張專輯，并準備參加底特律音樂節(jié)的。

It observed Motown's fiftieth anniversary in January with ceremonies at the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit.

我們注意到，一月份，摩城的的第五十次周年慶祝活動是在底特律的摩城歷史博物館舉行的。

The child group made their name in the Midwest, and by 1968 came to the attention of Motown Records.

這個兒童合唱組在中西部名聲漸起，并在1968年得到了摩城唱片的注意。

Robinson also was extremely active at Motown as a songwriter and producer for other acts.

羅賓遜在摩城也被作為一個非常活躍的作曲家和制作人的其他行為。

Surprisingly, the event held in the chilly depth of winter at Motown's Cobo Center, is a truly multinational event.

令人驚訝的是，在寒冬車鎮(zhèn)的科博中心舉辦的車展是名副其實的國際盛事。

But if the investment flows back to Detroit, maybe Motown will get its groove back.

但是如果投資流回底特律，也許汽車城將恢復它的最佳狀態(tài)。

In Detroit, Motown concentrated on creating a pop-oriented sound that was informed equally by gospel, R&B, and rock & roll.

在底特律，摩城唱片則專注于制作包含均衡份量的福音，節(jié)奏與布魯斯和搖滾樂元素的流行之聲。

In nineteen sixty-eight the group signed a recording deal from Motown Records.

十九六十八集團簽署錄音筆交易從底特律的紀錄。

Forget about throwing billions more of taxpayer money at Motown.

別再打算拿幾十億納稅人血汗錢往汽車城打水漂了。

the track ends up with a feel that is somewhere in between early Motown and New Edition.

歌曲以一種似乎是介于底特律早期和新式之間的感覺來結(jié)尾的。

Also on this disc Michaels legendary performance on Motown 25, when the world saw the moonwalk for the very first time.

邁克爾杰克遜25歲在底特律傳奇般的表演也被收錄了進來，那時全世界是第一次看過太空舞步。

Think of popular music such as jazz, rock 'n' roll, Motown and hip hop.

再回顧一下如爵士、搖滾、摩城（Motown）和嘻哈等流行音樂。

It's more like Motown, circa 1965.

它更像是1965的摩城唱片。

Would you have bet on Detroit and Motown in '65?

你會為1965年的底特律和摩城音樂打賭么？

The Jackson Five's first Motown single, I Want You Back, reached number one in America (as would their next three singles) in 1969.

杰克遜五兄弟在摩城唱片的處女單曲《IWantYouBack》1969年曾排到全美第一（和接下來三首單曲一樣）。

In 1969, he and his family moved to Los Angeles from Gary, Ind. , so that Jackson and his brothers could make a record with Motown.

在1969年，他和他的家人從加里搬到了洛杉磯，這樣他們就可以在摩城唱片公司錄制唱片了。

All the top people at Motown got together to hear a little blind boy who wasn't even ten years old yet.

他們照辦了。莫頓公司所有上層人物匯聚一堂，來聽一位還不到十歲的小盲童試唱。

FROM MOTOWN TO YOUR TOWN,

從摩城到你的城市，