English Dictionary

Borscht Belt

固有名詞

An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.

日本語の意味

ニューヨーク州北部（キャッツキルズ地域）に存在し、かつて多くのユダヤ系キャンプやリゾートがあった地域を指す名称。

My grandparents danced to klezmer bands every summer when they ran a small bungalow colony in the Borscht Belt.

祖父母は、ニューヨーク州北部のカッツキルズにあるユダヤ人向けリゾート地帯で小さなバンガロー村を営んでいた夏になると、毎年クレズマーのバンドに合わせて踊っていた。

意味（1）

An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.

意味（2）

A style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.

Allen plays Alvy Singer, a Jewish comedian whose jokes are more Borscht Belt than sly urban wit.