rhythm and blues
(缩略词： R & B)
noun
mass noun
- a form of popular music of US black origin which arose during the 1940s from blues, with the addition of driving rhythms taken from jazz. It was an immediate precursor of rock and roll.节奏与布鲁斯（一种流行音乐形式, 起源于美国黑人音乐, 在20世纪40年代从布鲁斯音乐发展而来, 同时也吸收了爵士乐的强劲节奏, 摇滚乐就是从它直接发展而来的）。