• n. 卡拉OK；卡拉OK錄音，自動伴奏錄音

來自日語，kara,空的，可能來自日本化漢語空，oke,縮寫自orchestra,管弦樂隊。

karaoke

karaoke: [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.

1. I sang a duet at a Karaoke bar.

在卡拉ok廳唱二重唱.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He held a three-hour family Karaoke session in his hotel, belting out Sinatra and Beatles hits.

他在他的酒店舉行了一場歷時3個鐘頭的家庭卡拉OK演唱會，其間高歌了辛納屈和甲殼蟲樂隊的一些熱門歌曲。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Recently, one brilliant company started installing karaoke machines in cars.

最近, 有一家聰明的公司開始在車子里裝設(shè)卡拉OK機.

來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年5月號

4. Shortly after its invention, karaoke was spread to the whole world.

不久, 卡拉OK這項發(fā)明便風(fēng)靡全世界.

來自英語晨讀30分（高三）

5. Most of the music in karaoke was popular music.

卡拉OK中大多數(shù)的音樂是流行音樂.

來自英語晨讀30分（高三）