karaoke
英 [,kærɪ‘əʊkɪ]美 [,kærɪ‘oki]- n. 卡拉OK；卡拉OK录音，自动伴奏录音
中文词源
karaoke 卡拉OK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。
英文词源
karaokekaraoke: [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.
双语例句
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.