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单词 figure-dance
释义

figure-dancen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: figure n., dance n.
Etymology: < figure n. + dance n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfigure-dance.
A dance, or exhibition of dancing, consisting of several distinct figures or divisions (see quot. 1801).
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun]
set dance1712
figure-dance1801
square dance1870
square1882
square-dancing1977
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. v. 175 The grand figure-dances..are..pantomimical representations of historical and poetical subjects, expressed by fantastic gestures.
figurative.1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 48 The giddy figure-dance of political changes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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