英语词汇“excuse-me dance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Phrase, Excuse me: used parenthetically in conversation as apology for an impropriety in speech, etc., or as a polite way of disputing a statement. Also used as a polite form in addressing a stranger, or in interrupting the speech of another. Hence as n. (in full, excuse-me dance), a dance in which one may ‘cut in’ (see to cut in 4 at cut v. Phrasal verbs).

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1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 77 Pan. Hector Is not a better man then Troylus. Cres. Excuse me. Pand. He is elder.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 149 Excuse me, your ladyship must not see your cards.

1831 J. Banim Smuggler I. xii. 279 Excuse me, Sir; but though you have been my guest..this is the first time we have met.

1889 A. Lang Lett. on Lit. (ed. 2) iii. 33 That infernal (excuse me) coward and villain.

1894 Home Chimes XVI. 353 ‘Excuse me, sir.’ Mr. Gill stopped, and addressed a passer-by.

1901 R. S. W. Bell Tales of Greyhouse 255 Excuse me—you are an old boy?

1902 R. Kipling Just So Stories 66 ‘'Scuse me,’ said the Elephant's Child most politely, ‘but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?’

1924 W. Deeping Three Rooms iii Excuse me, but would you care to make up a four?

1940 T. H. Harrisson & C. H. Madge War begins at Home ix. 229 Whereas pre-war excuse-me's were almost always quicksteps, now fox-trots and waltzes are frequently included.

1942 A. P. Jephcott Girls growing Up v. 121 ‘Excuse me’ and ‘Buzz off’ dances give the girl an opportunity to go up to any couple and abstract the boy for her partner.

1953 E. Simon Past Masters ii. vi. 113 Jonquil..had emerged as mistress of ceremonies, decreeing now an excuse-me-dance, now a Paul Jones.

1965 J. P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono xv. 125 ‘You actually danced with Reba?’ ‘Is that so crazy?.. It was an Excuse Me, anyway.’

单词	excuse-me dance
释义	> as lemmas excuse-me dance b. Phrase, Excuse me: used parenthetically in conversation as apology for an impropriety in speech, etc., or as a polite way of disputing a statement. Also used as a polite form in addressing a stranger, or in interrupting the speech of another. Hence as n. (in full, excuse-me dance), a dance in which one may ‘cut in’ (see to cut in 4 at cut v. Phrasal verbs). ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 77 Pan. Hector Is not a better man then Troylus. Cres. Excuse me. Pand. He is elder. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 149 Excuse me, your ladyship must not see your cards. View more context for this quotation 1831 J. Banim Smuggler I. xii. 279 Excuse me, Sir; but though you have been my guest..this is the first time we have met. 1889 A. Lang Lett. on Lit. (ed. 2) iii. 33 That infernal (excuse me) coward and villain. 1894 Home Chimes XVI. 353 ‘Excuse me, sir.’ Mr. Gill stopped, and addressed a passer-by. 1901 R. S. W. Bell Tales of Greyhouse 255 Excuse me—you are an old boy? 1902 R. Kipling Just So Stories 66 ‘'Scuse me,’ said the Elephant's Child most politely, ‘but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?’ 1924 W. Deeping Three Rooms iii Excuse me, but would you care to make up a four? 1940 T. H. Harrisson & C. H. Madge War begins at Home ix. 229 Whereas pre-war excuse-me's were almost always quicksteps, now fox-trots and waltzes are frequently included. 1942 A. P. Jephcott Girls growing Up v. 121 ‘Excuse me’ and ‘Buzz off’ dances give the girl an opportunity to go up to any couple and abstract the boy for her partner. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters ii. vi. 113 Jonquil..had emerged as mistress of ceremonies, decreeing now an excuse-me-dance, now a Paul Jones. 1965 J. P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono xv. 125 ‘You actually danced with Reba?’ ‘Is that so crazy?.. It was an Excuse Me, anyway.’ extracted from excusev. < as lemmas
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