| 单词 | field dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield dance field dance n. a dance (traditionally) performed outdoors; (also) an outdoor social gathering for dancing. ΚΠ 1712 T. Cave Let. 20 Sept. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. 18th Cent. (1930) I. xiii. 242 You'l be glad to hear I'me now capable of taking a Feild-Dance with you. 1786 J. C. Walker Hist. Mem. Irish Bards 75 The Rinkey or field dance, of the ancient Irish, was governed by..a more simple kind of Bagpipe. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 58/2 From the regular balls in the city down to the lowest field dances, two thirds, or even a greater proportion of the people of Hayti must be engaged in dancing. 2005 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 30 Apr. b6 The idea..was to draw a line from West African rural traditions through 19th-century American field dances to club dancing in the 1940s. < as lemmas |
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