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- music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment, evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s and played especially on the piano散拍乐, 雷格泰姆。
- informal, dated disorderly; disreputable〈非正式, 旧〉混乱的; 声名狼藉的：
a ragtime army.
声名狼藉的军队。
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