barbershop

Definitions

barber + shop = a shop where a barber works. The musical sense ('barbershop quartet') comes from a real American custom: in the early 1900s, men waiting in barbershops would harmonize together, so the close four-part style took the shop's name.

Common Collocations

• 1.barbershop quartet理发店四重唱
• 2.go to the barbershop去理发店
• 3.barbershop harmony理发店和声

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He gets a trim at the same barbershop every month.

• 2.

  The four men sang in perfect barbershop harmony.