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.).
实用例句
1. Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.
鲍勃·马利让他们首次接触到了雷盖音乐。来自柯林斯例句
2. It placed reggae music firmly in the mainstream of world culture.
它使得雷鬼音乐在世界主流文化中占据了不可动摇的一席之地。来自柯林斯例句
3. Reggae must be the only music that's got its own country — Jamaica.