“跳舞”的另一种说法

奥运风情，舞动北京。"Are you a good dancer? " I'm not really bad. I'm ok at boogying." boogie 这个词是什么意思? 我们今天要讲的新词就是boogie。

Boogie的意思其实很简单， boogie is simply another word for dance，Boogie 就是跳舞的意思。Boogie 这个词既可以做动词也可以做名词，你可以说 I want to boogie，也可以问are you having a boogie？

而且，it's not a bad word or a rude word 。它可以对任何人使用，虽然它是一个非正式场合用词，但是和老板或者同事谈话时也可以用boogie。简而言之，boogie是个中性词，凡是你想说 dance 跳舞的时候，都可以使用 boogie 来代替。

那么，boogie这个词的由来有什么样的故事么？Boogie起初是作为一种爵士乐曲在钢琴上演奏，而后转为用吉他弹唱。这种音乐形式一直盛行，直到上世纪50年代。那时，boogie became less popular, and by the mid-1950s, its related¹ form, rock and roll, became the most popular style. By the mid-1970s, the meaning of the term returned to its roots, in a certain sense, as during the disco² era³, "to boogie" meant "to dance in a disco style". 所以说，上世纪70年代开始，boogie拥有了“跳舞”的含义并且沿用至今。

最后，让我们来看看有关boogie的这段对话：

Examples

A: So did you go anywhere good last night?

B: We went for a few drinks and then decided⁴ to go for a boogie in that new club on the high street.

A: That was one of the best office parties we've ever had.

B: You seemed to be enjoying yourself--I saw you boogying with Sam at one point.

夏日的激情，舞动的北京。Do you enjoy a good boogie?