karaoke

• n. 卡拉OK；卡拉OK录音，自动伴奏录音

来自日语，kara,空的，可能来自日本化汉语空，oke,缩写自orchestra,管弦乐队。

karaoke

karaoke: [20] The conceptual basis of this term, enthusiastically adopted in the West from Japan in the latter part of the 20th century, is of a backing or accompaniment waiting to be ‘filled’ by a singer or other soloist. In Japanese, it means literally ‘empty orchestra’: kara is ‘empty’ (it also appears in English karate [20], literally ‘empty hand’) and oke is short for okesutora – originally a Japanization of English orchestra.

karaoke (n.)

1979, Japanese, from kara "empty" + oke "orchestra," shortened form of okesutora, which is a Japanization of English orchestra.

1. I sang a duet at a Karaoke bar.

在卡拉ok厅唱二重唱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He held a three-hour family Karaoke session in his hotel, belting out Sinatra and Beatles hits.

他在他的酒店举行了一场历时3个钟头的家庭卡拉OK演唱会，其间高歌了辛纳屈和甲壳虫乐队的一些热门歌曲。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Recently, one brilliant company started installing karaoke machines in cars.

最近, 有一家聪明的公司开始在车子里装设卡拉OK机.

来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年5月号

4. Shortly after its invention, karaoke was spread to the whole world.

不久, 卡拉OK这项发明便风靡全世界.

来自英语晨读30分（高三）

5. Most of the music in karaoke was popular music.

卡拉OK中大多数的音乐是流行音乐.

来自英语晨读30分（高三）