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goth

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++goth /ɡɒθ $ ɡɑːθ/ noun  1. [uncountable] a type of slow sad popular music that is played on electric guitars and keyboards 哥特摇滚乐〔一种节奏缓慢、伤感的流行音乐,用电吉他和键盘乐器演奏〕2. [countable] someone who likes goth music 哥特摇滚乐爱好者
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gothThus, the companion record is currently the best goth album on the market.
nGoth /ɡɒθ $ ɡɑːθ/ noun  n1. the Goths [P] a tribe of people from central Europe, in what is now Germany, who attacked and moved into the roman empire several times between the 3rd and 5th centuries ADn2. [countable] a member of this triben3. [countable] a person following a fashion for pale skin, dark eye makeup, and black or purple clothes, and who usually like Goth musicOrigin Goth Old English Gota, from Late Latin Gothi (plural)
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goth
goth /ɡɒθ $ ɡɑːθ/ noun
 Language: Old English
 Origin: Gota, from Late Latin Gothi (plural)
1. [uncountable] a type of slow sad popular music that is played on electric guitars and keyboards
2. [countable] someone who likes goth music


Goth
Goth /ɡɒθ $ ɡɑːθ/ noun
1. the Goths [P] a tribe of people from central Europe, in what is now Germany, who attacked and moved into the Roman Empire several times between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD
2. [countable] a member of this tribe
3. [countable] a person following a fashion of the late 1980s and early 1990s for pale skin and black or purple clothes


gothBrE /ɡɒθ/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɑːθ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a style of rock music, popular in the 1980s, that developed from punk music. The words often expressed ideas about the end of the world, death or the Devil. 哥特摇滚乐(由朋克摇滚乐发展而来,流行于 20 世纪 80 年代,歌词通常涉及世界末日、死亡或撒旦) [countable] a member of a group of people who listen to goth music and wear black clothes and black and white make-up 哥特派中的一员(听哥特摇滚乐,穿黑色衣服,化黑白色妆) goth (also goth·ic) adjective