单词 | circle dance |
释义 | > as lemmascircle dance circle dance n. any of various (esp. traditional, folk, or religious) dances in which the dancers form a circle.Cf. round dance n. 1(a), ring dance n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] carolc1300 carolingc1300 roundc1487 ring dancea1522 round dance1530 ringlet1600 roundel1600 round game1611 circle dance1821 ronde1823 ring play1856 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 147/1 Next this act follows a national circle dance, the landlord leads the first pair, with one of the rustic Floras, his guests and peasants behind him. 1923 W. O. E. Oesterley Sacred Dance iii. 37 The theory of some scholars that the circle dance was a symbolic representation of the movement of the heavenly bodies has..a good deal to commend it. 2013 New Yorker 11 Nov. 79/3 The young people often join hands and do the carola, a circle dance born of the Middle Ages. < as lemmas |
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