| 释义 |
‖ vastrap|ˈfastrap|
Also † vast-trap.
[Afrikaans, f. vas firm(ly), (Du. vast) + trap step, stand.]
A quick South African folk dance; the music for this dance.
1913East London (S. Afr.) Dispatch 3 Jan. 5 The vast⁓trap was performed by a number of nondescript characters who provided much amusement by their antics. 1926O. Schreiner From Man to Man 360 Then she paused and began a reel. ‘This is the ‘vastrap’,’ she said... ‘It's what the Hottentots dance.’ 1944M. de B. Nesbitt Road to Avalon xiv. 114 The band is playing a lively ‘vastrap’. 1957Cape Times 17 Jan. 7/1 Rock and roll has affiliations with our own vastraps and tiekiedraais to which Coloured bands used to thrum the beat. 1970L. G. Green Giant in Hiding xi. 105 You remember the candle light, the vastrap music. |