| 词汇 | and all that jazz |
| 释义 | Idiom and all that jazz informal and other similar things.They sell televisions and all that jazz. and all that jazz and so on. From JAZZ (nonsense) US, 1959and all that jazzAnd everything else; and many related things. If we're going to paint this weekend, we need rollers, drop cloths, and all that jazz. My sister is involved in so many extracurricular activities—student council, Model UN, the literary magazine, and all that jazz. and all that jazzand all that stuff; and all that nonsense. I need some glue, paper, string, and all that jazz to make a kite. She told me I was selfish, hateful, rude, ugly, and all that jazz. and all that jazzINFORMALPeople say and all that jazz to mean other things of a similar kind to the thing or things they have been talking about. She's a successful businesswoman — nice house, big car and all that jazz. As the youngest member of the group, he represented youth, modernity, the future and all that jazz. Note: This expression is often used to express slight disapproval. and all that jazzand such similar things. informalOf unknown origin, jazz was used informally to mean ‘meaningless talk’ within a decade of the word's first appearance in its musical sense, in the early 20th century. This phrase was a mid 20th-century development. 1960 Punch Politics, world affairs, film stars' babies and all that jazz, the things that the adult world seems obsessed with, do not interest us at all. and all that ˈjazz(spoken, informal) and things like that: I was no good at history at school — dates and battles and all that jazz.all that jazz n. all that stuff; all that nonsense. She told me I was selfish, hateful, rude, ugly, and all that jazz. |
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