1968, Jamaican English (first in song title "Do the Reggay" by Toots & the Maytals), perhaps [OED, Barnhart] related to rege-rege "a quarrel, protest," literally "ragged clothes," variant of raga-raga, alteration and reduplication of English rag (n.).
雙語例句
1. Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.
鮑勃·馬利讓他們首次接觸到了雷蓋音樂。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It placed reggae music firmly in the mainstream of world culture.
它使得雷鬼音樂在世界主流文化中占據了不可動搖的一席之地。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Reggae must be the only music that's got its own country — Jamaica.
雷蓋音樂得到了一整個國家人民的支持，這個國家就是牙買加——這一點上它無疑是獨一無二的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. A top reggae singer gave a young fan the thrill of her life when he serenaded her.